Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2002
- Committee actionApr 18, 2002
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 29, 2002 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1991.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1991, National Defense Rail Act” on June 7, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 18, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13726
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1991, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6320c6b0eec8d38d46bfb2e2243fc08c44928a0bc6d6bff8a891390c3820b4f4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1991, National Defense Rail Act” on June 7, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 18, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13726
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1991, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6320c6b0eec8d38d46bfb2e2243fc08c44928a0bc6d6bff8a891390c3820b4f4
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. 107-157 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 29, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 29, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/157
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1991, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6320c6b0eec8d38d46bfb2e2243fc08c44928a0bc6d6bff8a891390c3820b4f4
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. 1991, 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
38 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 29 Democrats, 2 independents
9 of 38 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Zell Miller (D-GA), E. Nelson (D-NE), Harry Reid (D-NV) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ernest Hollings.
- S. 1214 (107th) Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002
- S. 1447 (107th) Aviation and Transportation Security Act
- S. 2810 (107th) A bill to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to extend the deadline for the INTELSAT initial public offering.
- S. 2949 (107th) Aviation Security Improvement Act
- S. 2608 (107th) Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act
- S. 2201 (107th) Online Personal Privacy Act
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.