Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 19, 2016
- Committee actionApr 27, 2016
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 28, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 689.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2817.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2817, Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act” on November 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 27, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52291
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2817, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2817
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-385 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on November 28, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/385
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2817, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae233ff8a8b7ea264b999aede75448b05acd462ca61fe95e05f683e837489e14
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Cory Booker (D-NJ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).
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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.