Senate bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-167
A bill to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Senate at no net cost to the Federal Government.
Became law on Aug 10, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2011
- Committee actionMay 11, 2011
- Passed SenateMay 24, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseAug 2, 2012 · without objection
- To the PresidentAug 3, 2012
- Became lawAug 10, 2012
Latest action: Aug 10, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-167.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 739.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 739, A bill to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Senate at no net cost to the federal government” on May 20, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on May 12, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41481
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 739, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 739, last updated December 6, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), John Kerry (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin.
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- S. 404 (112th) A bill to modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.
- S. 140 (112th) Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act
- S. 1867 (112th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
- S. 3254 (112th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- S.Res. 618 (112th) A resolution observing the 100th birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and commemorating her legacy.
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.