Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act of 2016
Sponsor: Sen. Maria Cantwell D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2016
- Committee actionJun 29, 2016
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 702.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2997.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2997, Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act of 2016” on July 14, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 29, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51806
- CBO publication date
- July 14, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2997, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ecc049ddf81883c2ec8b29ecda958db2b9e00bb981875b0cc028127dcd289344
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-392 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on December 6, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/392
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2997, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ecc049ddf81883c2ec8b29ecda958db2b9e00bb981875b0cc028127dcd289344
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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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Cory Booker (D-NJ), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), John Thune (R-SD).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell.
- S. 3028 (114th) Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act
- S. 2126 (114th) Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015
- S. 1143 (114th) West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
- S. 3059 (114th) Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016
- S. 1623 (114th) Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act
- S. 1690 (114th) Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area 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.