Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2001
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2001 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1715.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 3448, which became Public Law 107-188 on 6/12/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1715, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9208507ca084e35075133aab9ef7d0df7dd25f95617ea38e90e17d803602905e
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1715, last updated August 19, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
40 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 25 Democrats, 2 independents
27 of 40 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), George Allen (R-VA), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Christopher Bond (R-MO), John Breaux (D-LA), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. William Frist.
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- S. 180 (107th) Sudan Peace Act
- S. 3149 (107th) Smithsonian Institution Personnel Flexibility Act of 2002
- S. 2983 (107th) A bill to authorize a project for navigation, Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee.
- S. 1765 (107th) Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.