Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee actionOct 4, 2017
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 16, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 379.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 146.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 146, Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017” on October 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 4, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53201
- CBO publication date
- October 13, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 146, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/146
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-230 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 16, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 16, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/230
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 146, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/146
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
148514c7d0a0432bc097dfb474229eac636370ca2672410c25fb5d5da6aaa572
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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 — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.