Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2017
- Committee actionAug 2, 2017
- Passed SenateMar 1, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1621.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1621, Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017” on November 2, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on August 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53283
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1621, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94cdc2193309881bc082c17f364b872450fb9e36bb51ecfcdc6acf781bf038aa
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-206 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on February 7, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 7, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/206
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1621, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94cdc2193309881bc082c17f364b872450fb9e36bb51ecfcdc6acf781bf038aa
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1621, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Barrasso (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Dean Heller (R-NV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Gary Peters (D-MI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker.
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- 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. 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.