Senate bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-17
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2007
- Committee actionMar 6, 2007
- Passed SenateMar 15, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMar 26, 2007 · without objection
- To the PresidentMar 29, 2007
- Became lawApr 9, 2007
Latest action: Apr 9, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-17.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 494.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 494, NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007” on March 9, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 6, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18418
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 494, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aea7b6a497f51251a154c6496a4cbed47cd76bc5ad2b7a6841a461674f29048c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 494, NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007” on March 9, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 6, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18418
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 494, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aea7b6a497f51251a154c6496a4cbed47cd76bc5ad2b7a6841a461674f29048c
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. 110-34 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on March 9, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/34
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 494, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aea7b6a497f51251a154c6496a4cbed47cd76bc5ad2b7a6841a461674f29048c
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 494, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), John McCain (R-AZ), Gordon Smith (R-OR), John Sununu (R-NH), George Voinovich (R-OH).
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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.