Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-137
Competitive Service Act of 2015
Became law on Mar 18, 2016.
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Tester D-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2015
- Committee actionJun 24, 2015
- Passed SenateSep 17, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseFeb 29, 2016 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesMar 8, 2016
- To the PresidentMar 15, 2016
- Became lawMar 18, 2016
Latest action: Mar 18, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-137.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1580.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1580, Competitive Service Act of 2015” on July 15, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50390
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1580, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
703bc9e766c636468d283fa427850c646618687e8138b137bec9d1a5116fcd58
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1580, Competitive Service Act of 2015” on October 26, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 9, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50930
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1580, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
703bc9e766c636468d283fa427850c646618687e8138b137bec9d1a5116fcd58
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: H. Rept. 114-367 ↗; S. Rept. 114-143 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 3, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/367
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/143 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1580, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
703bc9e766c636468d283fa427850c646618687e8138b137bec9d1a5116fcd58
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. 1580, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Ben Cardin (D-MD), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Rob Portman (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester.
- S. 719 (114th) A bill to rename the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Great Falls, Montana, the Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed…
- S. 434 (114th) Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act of 2015
- S. 242 (114th) Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
- S.Con.Res. 2 (114th) A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional…
- S. 2450 (114th) Administrative Leave Act of 2016
- S. 1419 (114th) Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act
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.