Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2020
- Committee actionJul 22, 2020
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2020 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3896.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3896, PLUM Act of 2020” on November 17, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 22, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56774
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3896, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d060a4e4fa02a594ac336732378fe12f2172a2417a27eb6dcee95590251c030
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-302 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 30, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/302
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3896, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d060a4e4fa02a594ac336732378fe12f2172a2417a27eb6dcee95590251c030
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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
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) 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.