Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2023
- Committee actionMay 9, 2024
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 396.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1979.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1979, Protecting Older Americans Act of 2023” on July 2, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 16, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60492
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1979, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1979, last updated August 10, 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
13 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 10 Democrats
3 of 13 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
- S. 2861 (118th) Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act
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- S.Res. 904 (118th) A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America.
- S. 1008 (118th) Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act
- S. 3534 (118th) Fire Island AIDS Memorial Establishment Act
Related bills
- H.R. 5115 (119th) Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.