Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2017
- Committee actionMar 8, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2018 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 79.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 79, Securing Energy Infrastructure Act” on April 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53791
- CBO publication date
- April 24, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 79, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/79
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64307b101f401a1b4c20fa561e40420a07dae91cef14f5b138ca104ca33996ad
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-246 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 10, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/246
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 79, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/79
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64307b101f401a1b4c20fa561e40420a07dae91cef14f5b138ca104ca33996ad
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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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), James Risch (R-ID).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Angus King.
- S. 849 (115th) SMASH Act
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- S.Res. 737 (115th) A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps and expressing the appreciation…
- S.Res. 298 (115th) A resolution supporting the designation of September 2017 as "National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month".
- S.Res. 669 (115th) A resolution supporting the designation of September 2018 as "National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month".
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.