Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-158
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2017
- Committee actionMar 15, 2017
- Passed SenateSep 18, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMar 6, 2018 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesMar 14, 2018
- To the PresidentMar 19, 2018
- Became lawMar 27, 2018
Latest action: Mar 27, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-158.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 188.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 188, EGO Act” on March 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 15, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52537
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 188, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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. 115-28 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 24, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/28
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 188, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 188, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Dean Heller (R-NV), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Kennedy (R-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Jon Tester (D-MT).
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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.