Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
ANCHOR Act
Official title: A bill to require a plan to improve the cybersecurity and telecommunications of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Alex Padilla D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2025
- Committee actionMay 21, 2025
- Passed SenateOct 8, 2025 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 10, 2025 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 318.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 318, ANCHOR Act” on July 14, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 21, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61558
- CBO publication date
- July 14, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 318, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-64 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 29, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/64
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 318, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla.
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- S. 748 (119th) A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
- S.Res. 739 (119th) A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California.
- S.Res. 823 (119th) A resolution designating the week of August 2 through August 8, 2026, as "National Farmers Market Week".
- S.Res. 349 (119th) A resolution designating the week of August 3 through August 9, 2025, as "National Farmers Market Week".
- S.Res. 822 (119th) A resolution designating July 2026 as "American Grown Flower and Foliage Month".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.