Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-171

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017

S. 447Introduced Feb 27, 2017Policy area: International Affairs

Became law on May 9, 2018.

Sponsor: Sen. Tammy Baldwin D-WI

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 27, 2017
Committee actionDec 5, 2017
Passed SenateDec 12, 2017 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseApr 24, 2018 · by voice vote
To the PresidentApr 27, 2018
Became lawMay 9, 2018

Latest action: May 9, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-171.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 447.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 447, Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017” on December 12, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on December 5, 2017”.
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S. 447, 115th Congress
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December 6, 2025
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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

21 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 12 Democrats

9 of 21 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Edward Markey (D-MA), John McCain (R-AZ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Todd Young (R-IN).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress

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