Senate bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-217
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 2011
- Committee actionApr 25, 2012
- Passed SenateNov 28, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2012 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 14, 2012
- Became lawDec 20, 2012
Latest action: Dec 20, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-217.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1998.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1998, DHS Audit Requirement Target Act of 2012” on May 4, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 25, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43220
- CBO publication date
- May 4, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1998, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 112-230 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 2, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/230
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1998, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7f8288c93c5aa393f1bc14165bcfc497bd6dec6e7f91f42f3944d3ecccaa2f08
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1998, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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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.