Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2015
- Committee actionMay 20, 2015
- Passed SenateAug 4, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2015 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1297.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1297, U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act” on June 18, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50323
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1297, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 114-88 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 22, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/88
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1297, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ff0a92eedeb467bce0add184fd819f60dc550236816f3d6fd60e3407653047f8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1297, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Cory Gardner (R-CO), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tom Udall (D-NM).
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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.