Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law

Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2011

S. 641Introduced Mar 17, 2011Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin D-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 17, 2011
Committee actionJun 19, 2012
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 31, 2012 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 481.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 641.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 641, Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2011” on July 3, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 19, 2012”.
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July 3, 2012
Congress.gov bill record
S. 641, 112th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/641
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-194 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on July 31, 2012.
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 641, 112th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/641
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

27 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent

3 of 27 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Bob Corker (R-TN), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Harry Reid (D-NV), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Richard Durbin.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress

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