Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to require periodic reports on claims related to acts of terrorism against Americans perpetrated or supported by the Government of Libya.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2007
- Committee actionSep 11, 2007
- Passed SenateOct 18, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2007 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1839.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1839, A bill to require periodic reports on claims related to acts of terrorism against Americans perpetrated or supported by the government of Libya” on September 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 11, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19151
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1839, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42be5d699f41901f6f083ba7e2c10ee35e4ee3cd3350a3cf9a1cdbc681e805f1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1839, A bill to require periodic reports on claims related to acts of terrorism against Americans perpetrated or supported by the government of Libya” on September 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 11, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19151
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1839, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42be5d699f41901f6f083ba7e2c10ee35e4ee3cd3350a3cf9a1cdbc681e805f1
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. 110-195 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on October 15, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/195
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1839, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42be5d699f41901f6f083ba7e2c10ee35e4ee3cd3350a3cf9a1cdbc681e805f1
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.