Senate bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-188
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2023
- Committee actionJul 31, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2024 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2024
- Became lawDec 23, 2024
Latest action: Dec 23, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-188.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 59.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 59, Chance to Compete Act of 2024” on October 15, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 31, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60824
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 59, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/59
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 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. 118-250 ↗. 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/250
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 59, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/59
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ace75a39a51fddf009020ea0592cf0614f00056d600784497f4d219c527b5e4
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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 — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), James Lankford (R-OK).
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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.