Senate bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-80

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.

S. 384Introduced Feb 17, 2011Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Dec 23, 2011.

Sponsor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein D-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 17, 2011
Committee actionOct 19, 2011
Passed SenateDec 5, 2011 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseDec 13, 2011 · 417–1
To the PresidentDec 16, 2011
Became lawDec 23, 2011

Latest action: Dec 23, 2011 — Became Public Law No: 112-80.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 384.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 384, A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research” on November 1, 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”.
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42712
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November 1, 2011
Congress.gov bill record
S. 384, 112th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-97 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 29, 2011.
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S. 384, 112th Congress
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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

66 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 35 Democrats, 3 independents

28 of 66 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.

John Barrasso (R-WY), Max Baucus (D-MT), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Scott Brown (R-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Bob Corker (R-TN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Ensign (R-NV), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Hoeven (R-ND) and 36 more.

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