Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2011
Sponsor: Sen. Claire McCaskill D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2011
- Committee actionOct 19, 2011
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2012 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 363.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 237.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 237, Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2011” on October 31, 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, October 31, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42672
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 237, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/237
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-159 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 24, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/159
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 237, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffe464a952b472331d32a4d212ece2507f7b2ec8a140570e90784bfcc101b2a1
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 independent
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 445 (112th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2012, as "Silver Star Service Banner Day".
- S. 241 (112th) Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2012
- S. 3292 (112th) Temporary Duty Suspension Process Act of 2012
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.