Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
United States Merchant Marine Academy Improvements Act of 2015
Sponsor: Sen. Roger Wicker R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2015
- Passed SenateJul 9, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2015 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 143.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 143, United States Merchant Marine Academy Improvements Act of 2015” on March 16, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transporation on February 26, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50031
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 143, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
63b1e784c21d779e037f656a6dfadecc4719ff53a2c3cc724b79f30d45a09ffa
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-51 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 21, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/51
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 143, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
63b1e784c21d779e037f656a6dfadecc4719ff53a2c3cc724b79f30d45a09ffa
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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
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
John Boozman (R-AR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
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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.