Senate bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-56
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2013
- Committee actionSep 30, 2013
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2013 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 21, 2013
- Became lawDec 2, 2013
Latest action: Dec 2, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 113-56.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1545.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1545, PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act of 2013” on November 15, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on October 2, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 15, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44866
- CBO publication date
- November 15, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1545, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-112 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on October 2, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/112
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1545, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.