Senate bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-205
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Committee actionJul 28, 2021
- Passed SenateSep 8, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2022
- To the PresidentOct 17, 2022
- Became lawOct 17, 2022
Latest action: Oct 17, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-205.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1198.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1198, Solid Start Act of 2021” on August 23, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57434
- CBO publication date
- August 23, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1198, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1198
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1198, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Maggie Hassan.
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- S. 164 (117th) Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021
- S. 2135 (117th) Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act
- S. 671 (117th) Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2021
- S.Res. 282 (117th) A resolution recognizing July 1, 2021, as the 100th anniversary of the Government Accountability Office and commending the service of the…
- S.Res. 143 (117th) A resolution to honor and recognize the patriotism and service to the United States provided by Veterans Service Organizations during the…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.