Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2018
- Committee actionAug 1, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2018 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 239 - 137 (Roll no. 485). (text: CR H10560-10566)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3277.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3277, Space Frontier Act of 2018” on September 28, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on August 1, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54521
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3277, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/3277
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6b6999c239d25bcf9742ace10befac133af8df0f37201f37c5df3b0e099981d
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on November 29, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/397
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3277, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/3277
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6b6999c239d25bcf9742ace10befac133af8df0f37201f37c5df3b0e099981d
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.