Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
PREEMIE Reauthorization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2011
- Committee actionSep 19, 2012
- Passed SenateNov 15, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2012 · by voice vote
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2012 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1440.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1440, Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act” on September 20, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 19, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 20, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43640
- CBO publication date
- September 20, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1440, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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
23 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
18 of 23 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Scott Brown (R-MA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), John Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Jon Tester (D-MT).
More from the sponsor
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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.