Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act

S. 141Introduced Jan 12, 2017Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters D-MI

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 12, 2017
Committee actionJan 24, 2017
Passed SenateMay 2, 2017 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 3, 2019 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 896.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 141.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 141, Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act” on February 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on January 24, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52458
CBO publication date
February 24, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
S. 141, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/141
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 141, Space Weather Coordination Act” on October 2, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 24, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54531
CBO publication date
October 2, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
S. 141, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/141
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1003484006921d6e4151b50ca49a6386bfae60e2b53f0965878a0e266bb75b3d
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1129 ↗; S. Rept. 115-21 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1129
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/21
Congress.gov bill record
S. 141, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/141
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1003484006921d6e4151b50ca49a6386bfae60e2b53f0965878a0e266bb75b3d
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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), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Roger Wicker (R-MS).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress

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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.