Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2017
- Committee actionJun 27, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 13, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2018 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 645.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 645, Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2018” on August 17, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 27, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54388
- CBO publication date
- August 17, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 645, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4943c62ef8ca6f5246f2fa60926dab9d31987607697bf700542dee6f553b9c2e
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. 115-341 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 2, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/341
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 645, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4943c62ef8ca6f5246f2fa60926dab9d31987607697bf700542dee6f553b9c2e
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Al Franken (D-MN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Angus King (I-ME), Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
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.