Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-155
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015
Became law on May 16, 2016.
Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2015
- Committee actionMar 26, 2015
- Passed SenateMay 6, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseMay 10, 2016 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMay 13, 2016
- Became lawMay 16, 2016
Latest action: May 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-155.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 125.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 125, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015” on April 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 26, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50086
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 125, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/125
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
180b73f52283e892e95338d6b460a02d20cf01cabf8932ca809bcae7943f54b2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 125, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015” on May 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 20, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51568
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 125, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/125
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
180b73f52283e892e95338d6b460a02d20cf01cabf8932ca809bcae7943f54b2
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: H. Rept. 114-544 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/544
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 125, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/125
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
180b73f52283e892e95338d6b460a02d20cf01cabf8932ca809bcae7943f54b2
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 125, last updated August 10, 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
24 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 17 Democrats
7 of 24 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Gary Peters (D-MI), John Reed (D-RI), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Tom Udall (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.