Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017
Sponsor: Sen. Joni Ernst R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2017
- Committee actionOct 4, 2017
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 337.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1791.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1791, Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017” on February 12, 2018. 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, February 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53573
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1791, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84b92b67a1031e4c0125edf3e5a8cf2f9372643cb93e1e2032a067eb0dd2ba49
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-211 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on February 26, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/211
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1791, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84b92b67a1031e4c0125edf3e5a8cf2f9372643cb93e1e2032a067eb0dd2ba49
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Michael Enzi (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
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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.