Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
NET Act
Official title: A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate and consider the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply chain on the deployment of universal service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John Hickenlooper D-COWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
- Committee actionMay 21, 2025
- Passed SenateNov 4, 2025 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 10, 2025 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 503.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 503, NET Act” on August 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, August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61676
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 503, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/503
- 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. 119-66 ↗. 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/66
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 503, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/503
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8cb4ec0033f5d564d17a1043b0665123ac9974ce6f107281a3b96318bddc5693
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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.
Shelley Capito (R-WV), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Gary Peters (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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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.