Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2017
- Committee actionMar 8, 2018
- Passed SenateSep 4, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 5, 2018 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 186.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 186, Fair RATES Act” on April 2, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53707
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 186, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/186
- 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. 115-278 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 18, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/278
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 186, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/186
- 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Reed (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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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.