Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-441
Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018
Became law on Jan 14, 2019.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2017
- Committee actionJun 26, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 21, 2018 · 367–4
- To the PresidentJan 2, 2019
- Became lawJan 14, 2019
Latest action: Jan 14, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 115-441.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1158.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1158, Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018” on July 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 27, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54176
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1158, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1158
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
34 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 34 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward Markey (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), John Reed (D-RI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.