Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 1, 2020
- Committee actionJul 22, 2020
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2020 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4138.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4138, Telework for U.S. Innovation Act” on September 22, 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, September 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56625
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4138, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/4138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
369bdadd78d4ee10a8ad904ab3721f1f898a26f2aa912d1cb1491c9671d9eb35
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. 116-276 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 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/276
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4138, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/4138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
369bdadd78d4ee10a8ad904ab3721f1f898a26f2aa912d1cb1491c9671d9eb35
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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 — 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Christopher Coons (D-DE), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
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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.