Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Sherrod Brown D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2010
- Committee actionAug 5, 2010
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 2, 2010 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3486.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3486, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic” on August 30, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on August 5, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21802
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3486, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/3486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c8e005c2c1973d7b716260c9ecd235957d9914f3df8e8e49f8bfb7a966e5f36
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3486, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic” on August 30, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on August 5, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21802
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3486, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/3486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c8e005c2c1973d7b716260c9ecd235957d9914f3df8e8e49f8bfb7a966e5f36
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. 111-287 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 2, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 2, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/287
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3486, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/3486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c8e005c2c1973d7b716260c9ecd235957d9914f3df8e8e49f8bfb7a966e5f36
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
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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
11 cosponsors — 10 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Begich (D-AK), Roland Burris (D-IL), Bob Casey (D-PA), Al Franken (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Arlen Specter (D-PA), James Webb (D-VA).
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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.