Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Improving America's Security Act of 2007

S. 4Introduced Jan 4, 2007Policy area: Emergency Management

Sponsor: Sen. Harry Reid D-NV

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 4, 2007
Committee actionFeb 15, 2007
Passed SenateMar 13, 2007 · 60–38
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 9, 2007 — See also H.R.1.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4, Improving America's Security Act of 2007” on March 6, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 22, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18407
CBO publication date
March 6, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
S. 4, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/4
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
05f6ba358cf8bae50de4283b62bd5a9ae0aee466417723bf932f9a160bd48447
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4, Improving America's Security Act of 2007” on March 6, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 22, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18407
CBO publication date
March 6, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
S. 4, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/4
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
05f6ba358cf8bae50de4283b62bd5a9ae0aee466417723bf932f9a160bd48447
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4, Improving America's Security Act of 2007, section 1913” on March 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for section 1913 of the bill as passed by the Senate on March 13, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18474
CBO publication date
March 27, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
S. 4, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/4
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
05f6ba358cf8bae50de4283b62bd5a9ae0aee466417723bf932f9a160bd48447
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4, Improving America's Security Act of 2007, section 1913” on March 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for section 1913 of the bill as passed by the Senate on March 13, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18474
CBO publication date
March 27, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
S. 4, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/4
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
05f6ba358cf8bae50de4283b62bd5a9ae0aee466417723bf932f9a160bd48447
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 noteFor further action, see H.R.1, which became Public Law 110-53 on 8/3/2007.
Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 4, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/4
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
05f6ba358cf8bae50de4283b62bd5a9ae0aee466417723bf932f9a160bd48447

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

17 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 15 Democrats, 1 independent

1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), James Webb (D-VA).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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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.