Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-259
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2017
- Committee actionMar 14, 2018
- Passed SenateJul 18, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2018 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 28, 2018
- Became lawOct 9, 2018
Latest action: Dec 19, 2018 — By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-435.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 791.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 791, Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017” on April 19, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on March 14, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53779
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 791, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47f339d93f0078c23fefc7950a94f9442b9547fd14c78199899adfcc9bfc18aa
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. 115-435 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on March 19, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/435
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 791, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47f339d93f0078c23fefc7950a94f9442b9547fd14c78199899adfcc9bfc18aa
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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
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.