Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Independent Office of Advocacy Act of 2001
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2001
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2001
- Passed SenateMar 26, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2001 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 395.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 395, Independent Office of Advocacy Act of 2001” on March 7, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on March 1, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12982
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 395, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c6e0aa327c5593759c36c8bb75266d5445dce87807c5a632091aa420cac97dc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 395, Independent Office of Advocacy Act of 2001” on March 7, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on March 1, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12982
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 395, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c6e0aa327c5593759c36c8bb75266d5445dce87807c5a632091aa420cac97dc
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. 107-5 ↗. 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/5
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 395, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c6e0aa327c5593759c36c8bb75266d5445dce87807c5a632091aa420cac97dc
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.