Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateApr 25, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2013 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 853.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.1765, which became Public Law 113-9 on 5/1/2013.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 853, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 853, 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
15 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Mark Begich (D-AK), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Dean Heller (R-NV), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), James Risch (R-ID), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), John Thune (R-SD), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Mark Udall (D-CO), Mark Warner (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins.
- S. 2270 (113th) Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014
- S.Res. 471 (113th) A resolution honoring former President George H.W. Bush on the occasion of his 90th birthday and Barbara Bush on the occasion of her 89th…
- S.Res. 259 (113th) A resolution designating September 2013 as "Campus Fire Safety Month".
- S.Res. 320 (113th) A resolution designating December 14, 2013, as "Wreaths Across America Day".
- S.Res. 593 (113th) A resolution designating December 13, 2014, as "Wreaths Across America Day".
- S. 398 (113th) Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act
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.