Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2023
- Committee actionJul 19, 2023
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 696.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1253.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1253, Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act of 2023” on August 30, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 19, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59539
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1253, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-290 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 16, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/290
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1253, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e3dbe7394454a8879e2330468ed3e7b14bd38ab8244954974a16fe522f9d619
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1253, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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 — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
John Cornyn (R-TX), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), James Lankford (R-OK), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Jon Tester (D-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters.
- S. 467 (118th) CADETS Act
- S. 1549 (118th) Congressional Budget Office Data Access Act
- S. 1858 (118th) Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act
- S. 670 (118th) IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act
- S. 2685 (118th) Reuse Excess Property Act
- S. 3475 (118th) Strengthening the Commercial Driver’s License Information System Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.