Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings.
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2001
- Committee actionNov 29, 2001
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 29, 2001 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 986.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 986, A bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings” on December 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 29, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13468
- CBO publication date
- December 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 986, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43f4365fdfc8bb5f0dad3d73fda5c95d2ef171ab842e4562445635d4ce4fe9e8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 986, A bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings” on December 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 29, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13468
- CBO publication date
- December 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 986, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43f4365fdfc8bb5f0dad3d73fda5c95d2ef171ab842e4562445635d4ce4fe9e8
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 986, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), George Allen (R-VA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Robert Smith (R-NH), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 420 (107th) Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001
- S. 321 (107th) Dylan Lee James Act
- S. 2119 (107th) Reversing the Expatriation of Profits Offshore Act
- S. 1971 (107th) National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act
- S. 763 (107th) Affordable Education Act of 2001
- S. 896 (107th) Restoring Earnings to Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) Act of 2001
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.