Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
ACCESS BROADBAND Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 4, 2019
- Committee actionMar 11, 2020
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2020 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 567.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1046.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1046, ACCESS BROADBAND Act” on June 12, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 11, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56410
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1046, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-274 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 1, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/274
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1046, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48b20951f8affd040d06171ac6e3d65807854e6a65d9ba80f7c73b4bfd871d0e
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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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Doug Jones (D-AL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.