Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2017
- Committee actionMay 18, 2017
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 27, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 793.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 793, Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 18, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52955
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 793, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/793
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 115-388 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on November 27, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/388
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 793, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/793
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f591c7a06439138a7a662e21b3cc7a211949e52087e98e6624e7305c0dd7e6df
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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
39 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 31 Democrats, 2 independents
6 of 39 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Angus King (I-ME), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), John McCain (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker.
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.