Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2009
- Committee actionMar 18, 2009
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2009 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 277.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 277, Serve America Act” on March 23, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 18, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20520
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 277, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/277
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
887631637dbe1a012bbc57fe72125f2785f4c54de266ae5d2ceb8b111269ae3b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 277, Serve America Act” on March 23, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 18, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20520
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 277, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/277
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
887631637dbe1a012bbc57fe72125f2785f4c54de266ae5d2ceb8b111269ae3b
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.1388, which became Public Law 111-13 on 4/21/2009.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 277, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/277
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
887631637dbe1a012bbc57fe72125f2785f4c54de266ae5d2ceb8b111269ae3b
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 277, last updated April 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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
42 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 1 independent
8 of 42 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Edward Kaufman (D-DE), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), John McCain (R-AZ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Clarence Nelson (D-FL) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
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- S. 982 (111th) Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
- S. 909 (111th) Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act
- S. 560 (111th) Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
- S. 1152 (111th) Healthy Families Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.