Senate bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-259
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020
Became law on Dec 23, 2020.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2019
- Committee actionDec 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 4, 2020 · 265–124
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2020
- Became lawDec 23, 2020
Latest action: Dec 23, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-259.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2981.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2981, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2019” on September 15, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 11, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56577
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2981, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2981
- 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. 116-273 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 30, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/273
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2981, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4f124ac9a0946c1c33c2c351d9338defe71eb795b5427f5e2fa299532e8e76c2
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.