Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
South China Sea Strategy Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to require a South China Sea diplomatic engagement strategy, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
- Committee actionJun 17, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4600.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4600, South China Sea Strategy Act of 2026” on July 29, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 27, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62610
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4600, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.