Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act
Sponsor: Sen. Jay Rockefeller D-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2007
- Committee actionJul 19, 2007
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2007 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1780.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1780, Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act” on September 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 19, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19141
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1780, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b52c18937c9d94ca7dadb66e6e2b1a00536c9695743151c9d67f3508a6db0e21
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1780, Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act” on September 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 19, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19141
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1780, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b52c18937c9d94ca7dadb66e6e2b1a00536c9695743151c9d67f3508a6db0e21
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. 110-236 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on December 5, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/236
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1780, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b52c18937c9d94ca7dadb66e6e2b1a00536c9695743151c9d67f3508a6db0e21
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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
12 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats
7 of 12 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Sam Brownback (R-KS), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), John McCain (R-AZ), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
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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.