Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-73
Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017
Became law on Oct 26, 2017.
Sponsor: Sen. Ron Johnson R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2017
- Committee actionMar 15, 2017
- Passed SenateMay 25, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 12, 2017 · 420–0
- To the PresidentOct 24, 2017
- Became lawOct 26, 2017
Latest action: Oct 26, 2017 — Became Public Law No: 115-73.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 585.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 585, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017” on May 1, 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, May 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52679
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 585, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/585
- 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. 115-44 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 4, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/44
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 585, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/585
- 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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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) 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.