Senate bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-229
D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act of 2011
Became law on Dec 28, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 2011
- Committee actionOct 19, 2011
- Passed SenateJul 9, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseDec 13, 2012 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2012
- Became lawDec 28, 2012
Latest action: Dec 28, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-229.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1379.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1379, D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act of 2011” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 19, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42718
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1379, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1379
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5077073d6216d58cb9299928fc800cd0229a8c7c0eddca271b1d5579fdf6116b
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-178 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 25, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/178
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1379, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1379
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5077073d6216d58cb9299928fc800cd0229a8c7c0eddca271b1d5579fdf6116b
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.