Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 2, 2015
- Committee actionMay 18, 2016
- Passed SenateJun 27, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 1, 2016 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1479.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1479, Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015” on June 14, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 18, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51689
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1479, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69466d6caccf7f7bc7bda24291798c34b55998c65373097fa2b3f918332b07b2
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. 114-276 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on June 14, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/276
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1479, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69466d6caccf7f7bc7bda24291798c34b55998c65373097fa2b3f918332b07b2
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. 1479, 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
11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 11 cosponsors (82%) are from the other party.
Cory Booker (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
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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.