Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007
Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Committee actionMar 29, 2007
- Passed SenateAug 3, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 2007 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 163.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 163, Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007” on May 1, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on March 29, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 1, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18596
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 163, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c19a89cc27562ae9039a24d66cee707640c420cd3e36d201dd4b3ed662429620
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 163, Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007” on May 1, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on March 29, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 1, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18596
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 163, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c19a89cc27562ae9039a24d66cee707640c420cd3e36d201dd4b3ed662429620
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. 110-64 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on May 7, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/64
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 163, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c19a89cc27562ae9039a24d66cee707640c420cd3e36d201dd4b3ed662429620
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 163, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), David Vitter (R-LA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.