Senate bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2021
- Committee actionMar 17, 2021
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2021 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 56.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 636.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 636, Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2021” on April 6, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 17, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57114
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 636, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/636
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ce2ea27060564b349c6027c4625321e4b31531991f98d9e34098e5dd922819e
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. 117-22 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 10, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/22
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 636, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/636
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ce2ea27060564b349c6027c4625321e4b31531991f98d9e34098e5dd922819e
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 636, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), James Lankford (R-OK), Gary Peters (D-MI), Rick Scott (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.