Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 12, 2011
- Committee actionJul 31, 2012
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2012 — By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-255.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1980.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1980, Pirate Fishing Elimination Act” on August 27, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 31, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43562
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1980, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
44498b48402e70a7bd7dbcba47d114105c414e156d657df9f0bdb71613c268f0
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-255 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on November 14, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/255
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1980, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
44498b48402e70a7bd7dbcba47d114105c414e156d657df9f0bdb71613c268f0
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1980, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Tom Udall (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Inouye.
- S.Res. 31 (112th) A resolution commemorating the 110th anniversary of the United States Army Nurse Corps.
- S.Con.Res. 28 (112th) A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to award the Congressional…
- S.Res. 256 (112th) A resolution designating the week of October 2 through October 8, 2011, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week".
- S.Res. 286 (112th) A resolution recognizing May 16, 2012, as Hereditary Angioedema Awareness Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that more research…
- S.Res. 540 (112th) A resolution designating the week of August 6 through August 10, 2012, as "National Convenient Care Clinic Week".
- S.Res. 603 (112th) A resolution designating the week of November 26 through November 30, 2012, as National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week.
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.