Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2023
- Committee actionMay 17, 2023
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 22, 2023 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 190.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 473.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 473, American Security Drone Act of 2023” on June 13, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 17, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59270
- CBO publication date
- June 13, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 473, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/473
- 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. 118-87 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on August 22, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/87
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 473, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c245ffa4ddcbaf7804ac531556001bd88afb88c1ffd3fc7a0fb33f88303da1dd
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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mark Warner (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 707 (118th) A resolution recognizing the significance of Jewish American Heritage Month as a time to celebrate the contributions of Jewish Americans…
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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.