Senate bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-272
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2019
- Committee actionJun 19, 2019
- Passed SenateNov 7, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 18, 2020 · 386–1
- To the PresidentDec 21, 2020
- Became lawDec 31, 2020
Latest action: Dec 31, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-272.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 979.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 979, Federal Advance Contracts Enhancement Act” on July 19, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 19, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55468
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 979, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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. 116-84 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 10, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/84
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 979, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ee15f591e23a4c05789283e787b81eb1141efe0421919423cdcfe2e6b60211e8
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), Gary Peters (D-MI), Thomas Tillis (R-NC).
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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.