Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 2015
- Committee actionJun 24, 2015
- Passed SenateSep 9, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 18, 2015
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2015 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1603.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1603, Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015” on July 21, 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 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50413
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1603, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-116 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on August 5, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/116
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1603, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb4fb838c4e591a5c95016b16576cf13cc778569ef017b48c9bba3237cb1c273
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1603, last updated March 4, 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
13 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 13 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), John McCain (R-AZ), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), David Vitter (R-LA).
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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.