Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-405
Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018
Became law on Dec 31, 2018.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2017
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2018 · 350–11
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2018
- Became lawDec 31, 2018
Latest action: Dec 31, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-405.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1520.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1520, Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018” on May 25, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 28, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53917
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1520, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1520
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 115-264 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 5, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2018 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/264
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1520, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1520
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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
18 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 independent
9 of 18 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Doug Jones (D-AL), John Kennedy (R-LA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Todd Young (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker.
- S. 2511 (115th) CENOTE Act of 2018
- S. 7 (115th) NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2018
- S. 2343 (115th) Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018
- S. 1425 (115th) Coordinated Ocean Monitoring and Research Act
- S. 1621 (115th) Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017
- S. 129 (115th) National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017
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.