Senate bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-85
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2023
- Committee actionJul 27, 2023
- Passed SenateOct 31, 2023 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2024 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 24, 2024
- Became lawSep 26, 2024
Latest action: Sep 26, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-85.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1648.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1648, Launch Communications Act” on January 16, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the Senate on October 31, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59881
- CBO publication date
- January 16, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1648, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1648, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.