Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2013
- Committee actionMar 14, 2013
- Passed SenateJul 9, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 247.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-23 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 22, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 22, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/23
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 247, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffcb61fc542402f8c110ab8d013761dca4e9c24a6f84c2534a97cb4d50652ea4
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.3979, which became Public Law 113-291 on 12/19/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 247, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffcb61fc542402f8c110ab8d013761dca4e9c24a6f84c2534a97cb4d50652ea4
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 247, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 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 — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
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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.