Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001
Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2001
- Committee actionJul 19, 2001
- Passed SenateSep 13, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2001 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 856.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 856, Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001” on August 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on July 19, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13203
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 856, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a4f774b5e53e4dcfba884f9a5f82f6104200c4503c0c5ba6897667e93587465
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 856, Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001” on August 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on July 19, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13203
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 856, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a4f774b5e53e4dcfba884f9a5f82f6104200c4503c0c5ba6897667e93587465
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. 107-54 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on August 28, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 28, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/54
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 856, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a4f774b5e53e4dcfba884f9a5f82f6104200c4503c0c5ba6897667e93587465
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 1860, which became Public Law 107-50 on 10/15/2001.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 856, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a4f774b5e53e4dcfba884f9a5f82f6104200c4503c0c5ba6897667e93587465
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 856, 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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
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.