Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2001
- Committee actionAug 2, 2001
- Passed SenateFeb 25, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2002 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 980.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 980, Anton's Law” on September 4, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on August 2, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13260
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 980, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b769821e291f4586523d3b4f0c076d272b1117a80e24706863054338246debd4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 980, Anton's Law” on September 4, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on August 2, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13260
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 980, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b769821e291f4586523d3b4f0c076d272b1117a80e24706863054338246debd4
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. 107-137 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on February 14, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/137
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 980, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b769821e291f4586523d3b4f0c076d272b1117a80e24706863054338246debd4
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. 5504, which became Public Law 107-318 on 12/4/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 980, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b769821e291f4586523d3b4f0c076d272b1117a80e24706863054338246debd4
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 980, 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), John McCain (R-AZ), 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.