Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas Carper D-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2015
- Committee actionJun 24, 2015
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1616.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1616, Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015” on August 13, 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, August 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50733
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1616, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1616
- 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. 114-174 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 8, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/174
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1616, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fad3cf773a93650c971f017db66fbd04f737e91ca2ebc73101cd6076cd0bad0c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1616, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Thomas Carper.
- S. 1362 (114th) A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly…
- S. 2133 (114th) Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015
- S. 614 (114th) Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015
- S. 1172 (114th) Edward "Ted" Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015
- S.Res. 191 (114th) A resolution relative to the death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III.
- S. 861 (114th) PRIME Act of 2015
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.