Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2019
- Committee actionJul 10, 2019
- Passed SenateJan 8, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 10, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1611.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1611, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act” on August 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 10, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55561
- CBO publication date
- August 16, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1611, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dce7b8b19fb89906d5ace34b296d5e179fe0262bab43e9ceb7e1177822421037
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1611, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act” on December 4, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 10, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55915
- CBO publication date
- December 4, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1611, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dce7b8b19fb89906d5ace34b296d5e179fe0262bab43e9ceb7e1177822421037
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. 116-179 ↗. 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/179
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1611, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dce7b8b19fb89906d5ace34b296d5e179fe0262bab43e9ceb7e1177822421037
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Cory Booker (D-NJ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Brian Schatz (D-HI).
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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.