Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
PIRATE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2019
- Committee actionMay 15, 2019
- Passed SenateJan 8, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2020 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1228.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1228, PIRATE Act” on June 7, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 15, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55350
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1228, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
85e4b42bd9260ed418d9ae40038acbd93c7b5d95871273447285bb9b6981616d
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-178 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on December 17, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/178
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1228, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
85e4b42bd9260ed418d9ae40038acbd93c7b5d95871273447285bb9b6981616d
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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 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 167 (116th) A resolution designating the week of April 20, 2019, through April 28, 2019, as "National Park Week".
- S.Res. 574 (116th) A resolution designating the week of April 18, 2020, through April 26, 2020, as "National Park Week".
- S.Res. 144 (116th) A resolution designating May 5, 2019, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".
- S.Res. 239 (116th) A resolution designating June 2019 as "Great Outdoors Month".
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.