Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2007
- Committee actionJul 31, 2007
- Passed SenateOct 4, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2007 — Received in the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 742.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 742, Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007” on October 3, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on August 2, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19189
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 742, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c4bfb9a0af912cc3803f2e3ef12008d6b9432afb88c23aa4ca73628a22c623e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 742, Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007” on October 3, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on August 2, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19189
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 742, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c4bfb9a0af912cc3803f2e3ef12008d6b9432afb88c23aa4ca73628a22c623e
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. 110-189 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on August 2, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 2, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/189
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 742, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c4bfb9a0af912cc3803f2e3ef12008d6b9432afb88c23aa4ca73628a22c623e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 742, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
20 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 18 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Harry Reid (D-NV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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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.