Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2011
- Committee actionApr 7, 2011
- Passed SenateMay 26, 2011 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 29, 2011 · 218–210
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2011 — Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5156-5158, S5158-5162, S5164-5170, S5171-5178, S5183-5184)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 627.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 627, Faster FOIA Act of 2011” on April 8, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 7, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22096
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 627, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f94a24faab1f7ab59fbad0fb3a128d6859410af3ec8def40f612866987921316
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.365, which became Public Law 112-25 on 8/2/2011.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 627, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f94a24faab1f7ab59fbad0fb3a128d6859410af3ec8def40f612866987921316
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 627, last updated August 10, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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.