Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2023
- Committee actionOct 25, 2023
- Passed SenateMar 23, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2024 · by voice vote
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2024 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1258.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1258, Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023” on December 22, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 25, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59852
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1258, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. 118-157 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on February 9, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/157
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1258, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f34bf5ec0cdae26d3fcee64ea7a3b4c29b86d756ea1d1d184bc343ebd7c8664
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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.
Mike Braun (R-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Rand Paul (R-KY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Rick Scott (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst.
- S.Res. 604 (118th) A resolution designating March 21, 2024, as "National Women in Agriculture Day".
- S.Res. 120 (118th) A resolution designating March 23, 2023, as "National Women in Agriculture Day".
- S.Res. 435 (118th) A resolution recognizing the week of October 30 through November 4, 2023, as "National Veterans Small Business Week".
- S.Res. 431 (118th) A resolution recognizing the month of October 2023 as "National Women's Small Business Month".
- S.Con.Res. 33 (118th) A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in honor of the remains of Ralph Puckett, Jr., the…
- S.Res. 70 (118th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of February 1, 2023, as "George Washington Carver Day".
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.