Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001
Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2001
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2001
- Passed SenateMar 26, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2001 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 295.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 295, Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001” on March 21, 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 21, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12993
- CBO publication date
- March 21, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7fcb4531c727b2a6345a7b7b80bca2d45844c49bf2438a8defd197618312af18
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 295, Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001” on March 21, 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 21, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12993
- CBO publication date
- March 21, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7fcb4531c727b2a6345a7b7b80bca2d45844c49bf2438a8defd197618312af18
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. 107-4 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on March 21, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 21, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/4
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7fcb4531c727b2a6345a7b7b80bca2d45844c49bf2438a8defd197618312af18
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 295, 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
34 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 25 Democrats, 2 independents
9 of 34 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), John Edwards (D-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Robert Smith (R-NH) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.