Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2016
- Committee actionMay 11, 2016
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2016 — By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-419.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2846.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2846, Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016” on June 30, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on May 24, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51752
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2846, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2846
- 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. 114-419 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on May 24, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 24, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/419
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2846, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2846
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e6bb6d041d800ede6bc17c6cbf2929a5e9fd09d7d4234bce85c7cd5a007b812
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2846, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Christopher Coons (D-DE), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), James Risch (R-ID), David Vitter (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
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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.