Senate bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-144
Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act
Became law on Aug 1, 2014.
Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2013
- Committee actionJul 10, 2014
- Passed SenateJul 15, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2014 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJul 28, 2014
- Became lawAug 1, 2014
Latest action: Aug 1, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-144.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 517.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 517, Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act” on July 17, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45542
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 517, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 113-212 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 10, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/212
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 517, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d227b2cba7ea7b262a28c68422d16d8466941a0dd9927245f17630c5f95941db
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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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Al Franken (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy.
- S. 47 (113th) Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
- S.J.Res. 28 (113th) A joint resolution providing for the appointment of John Fahey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- S.J.Res. 29 (113th) A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Risa Lavizzo-Mourey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian…
- S.J.Res. 32 (113th) A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian…
- S.J.Res. 40 (113th) A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Michael Lynton as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian…
- S. 2520 (113th) FOIA Improvement Act of 2014
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.