Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Menendez D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2017
- Committee actionJul 26, 2017
- Passed SenateDec 21, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2017 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1208.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1208, Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act” on September 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 26, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53139
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1208, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1208
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
59ddd0033e7348a2396338bab2133351f755f653421dccdb0fb3f9f3b0e5931f
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-171 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on October 16, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/171
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1208, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1208
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
59ddd0033e7348a2396338bab2133351f755f653421dccdb0fb3f9f3b0e5931f
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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.