Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2001
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2001
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2002 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 174.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 174, Microloan Program Improvement Act of 2001” on March 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on February 28, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12989
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 174, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 174, Microloan Program Improvement Act of 2001” on March 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on February 28, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12989
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 174, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad05dac79b911c58650faa912c734952928def4116686f833cd20312f6194eb2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 174, Microloan Program Improvement Act of 2002” on April 29, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 17, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13621
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 174, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad05dac79b911c58650faa912c734952928def4116686f833cd20312f6194eb2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 174, Microloan Program Improvement Act of 2002” on April 29, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 17, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13621
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 174, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad05dac79b911c58650faa912c734952928def4116686f833cd20312f6194eb2
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 107-18 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on June 1, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 1, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/18
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 174, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad05dac79b911c58650faa912c734952928def4116686f833cd20312f6194eb2
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 174, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
18 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 2 independents
5 of 18 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Max Cleland (D-GA), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).
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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.