Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2014
- Committee actionJul 16, 2014
- Passed SenateJul 29, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2577.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2577, a bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014” on July 28, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 21, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45589
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2577, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/2577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e77ee0f83c1acf28487f58b432e60baf077e59a167b56a9513c2b17dffbbe4df
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2577, a bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014” on July 29, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 21, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45591
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2577, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/2577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e77ee0f83c1acf28487f58b432e60baf077e59a167b56a9513c2b17dffbbe4df
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-213 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on July 21, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/213
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2577, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/2577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e77ee0f83c1acf28487f58b432e60baf077e59a167b56a9513c2b17dffbbe4df
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2577, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) 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.