Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Committee actionMay 17, 2017
- Passed SenateAug 2, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 829.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 829, AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017” on June 15, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 17, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52824
- CBO publication date
- June 15, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 829, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/829
- 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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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. 115-128 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 11, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/128
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 829, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/829
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a833d046a9a00ac30c3d925d3738e0232bd73ff7477bd9c43bc0281d1c8eb404
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 829, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
16 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 15 Democrats
15 of 16 cosponsors (94%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Gary Peters (D-MI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 146 (115th) Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017
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.