Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law

Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011

S. 810Introduced Apr 13, 2011Policy area: Animals

Sponsor: Sen. Maria Cantwell D-WA

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 13, 2011
Committee actionJul 25, 2012
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 30, 2012 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 810.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011” on November 14, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 25, 2012”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2012 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43715
CBO publication date
November 14, 2012
Congress.gov bill record
S. 810, 112th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/810
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-242 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on November 30, 2012.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2012 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 810, 112th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/810
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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

17 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 14 Democrats, 2 independents

1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), John Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Tom Udall (D-NM).

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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.