Senate bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-71
Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act
Became law on Dec 10, 2021.
Sponsor: Sen. Timothy Kaine D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2021
- Committee actionMay 25, 2021
- Passed SenateAug 6, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseDec 7, 2021 · 222–212
- Resolving differencesDec 9, 2021
- To the PresidentDec 10, 2021
- Became lawDec 10, 2021
Latest action: Dec 10, 2021 — Became Public Law No: 117-71.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 610.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act” on August 13, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 25, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57426
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 610, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/610
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4bb83cd2d434a5598e1b9401fb9e523e08f26061fd2d7c3f556fae4ceff7b08c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of the House Amendment to S.610, the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act” on December 7, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on December 7, 2021 (Rules Committee Print 117-22)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57675
- CBO publication date
- December 7, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 610, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/610
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4bb83cd2d434a5598e1b9401fb9e523e08f26061fd2d7c3f556fae4ceff7b08c
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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 610, last updated December 6, 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
29 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 19 Democrats, 2 independents
8 of 29 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), John Boozman (R-AR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward Markey (D-MA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Gary Peters (D-MI), John Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Tina Smith (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Todd Young (R-IN).
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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.