Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2007
- Committee actionSep 27, 2007
- Passed SenateMay 22, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2008 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1965.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1965, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act” on October 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 27, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19245
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1965, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d03470bba9921181c6127b2b4ee628fe52d5f2738f0425fb0c6f25bb7d41c3f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1965, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act” on October 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 27, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19245
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1965, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d03470bba9921181c6127b2b4ee628fe52d5f2738f0425fb0c6f25bb7d41c3f
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. 110-245 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on December 12, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/245
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1965, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d03470bba9921181c6127b2b4ee628fe52d5f2738f0425fb0c6f25bb7d41c3f
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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
20 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 20 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Christopher Bond (R-MO), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), John Thune (R-SD), 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.