Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-62
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015
Became law on Oct 7, 2015.
Sponsor: Sen. Ron Wyden D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2015
- Committee actionMar 4, 2015
- Passed SenateMay 11, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2015 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 30, 2015
- Became lawOct 7, 2015
Latest action: Oct 7, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-62.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 136.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 136, Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015” on March 12, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 4, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50024
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 136, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 136, Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015” on August 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 22, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50712
- CBO publication date
- August 6, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 136, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 114-35 ↗; H. Rept. 114-263 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/35
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/263 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 136, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden.
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- S. 817 (114th) A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
- S. 818 (114th) A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
- S. 139 (114th) Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015
- S.Res. 287 (114th) A resolution condemning the senseless murder and wounding of 18 individuals (sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins…
- S.Res. 266 (114th) A resolution designating September 2015 as "National Kinship Care Month".
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.