Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Otto Warmbier Banking Restrictions Involving North Korea Act of 2017

S. 1591Introduced Jul 19, 2017Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJul 19, 2017
Committee actionNov 7, 2017
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 30, 2018 — Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-161.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1591.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1591, Otto Warmbier Banking Restrictions Involving North Korea Act of 2017” on December 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on November 16, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2017 ↗
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CBO publication date
December 8, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1591, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 14, 2025
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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

15 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 9 Democrats

6 of 15 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), John Kennedy (R-LA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jon Tester (D-MT), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

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