Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2018
- Committee actionSep 26, 2018
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3257.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3257, Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act” on October 12, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on October 3, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54570
- CBO publication date
- October 12, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3257, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/3257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of January 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 3257, last updated January 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
51 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 2 independents
17 of 51 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrasso (R-WY), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Dean Heller (R-NV), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Timothy Kaine (D-VA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.