Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery and Other Improvements Act
Sponsor: Sen. Dean Heller R-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2015
- Committee actionJul 22, 2015
- Passed SenateNov 10, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1203.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1203, 21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery and Other Improvements Act” on October 2, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 22, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50863
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1203, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1203
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9675f2de4a0bbe2eb2a0608037162bdbf42b6f247f2de8c5d2eb8e24ba98db65
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. 114-153 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 19, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/153
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1203, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1203
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9675f2de4a0bbe2eb2a0608037162bdbf42b6f247f2de8c5d2eb8e24ba98db65
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1203, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Bob Casey (D-PA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jon Tester (D-MT), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), David Vitter (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Dean Heller.
- S. 253 (114th) Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
- S. 3112 (114th) Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act of 2016
- S. 3438 (114th) A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project in Reno, Nevada.
- S.Res. 78 (114th) A resolution relative to the death of Jerry Tarkanian, former head basketball coach of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
- S. 1040 (114th) ROV In-Depth Examination Act of 2015
- S. 1724 (114th) Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.