Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023
Sponsor: Sen. James Lankford R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2023
- Committee actionApr 10, 2024
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2278.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023” on June 25, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60452
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2278, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2278
- 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. 118-251 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 2, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/251
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2278, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2278
- 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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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. James Lankford.
- S. 111 (118th) Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023
- S. 5314 (118th) A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical…
- S. 349 (118th) Military Spouse Employment Act
- S. 3543 (118th) Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument Establishment Act
- S. 5098 (118th) Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act
- S.Res. 765 (118th) A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable James Mountain Inhofe, former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.
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.