Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-222
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
Became law on Sep 28, 2016.
Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2015
- Committee actionJan 28, 2016
- Passed SenateMay 17, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2016 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 12, 2016
- Became lawSep 28, 2016
Latest action: Sep 28, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-222.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2040.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2040, Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act” on February 16, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on January 28, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51253
- CBO publication date
- February 16, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2040, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29718b0e9125e2de852230b5515cf5cb35ea562bf93c47cad1175a0b7237f615
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.
- Congress.gov notePublic Law enacted over veto.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2040, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29718b0e9125e2de852230b5515cf5cb35ea562bf93c47cad1175a0b7237f615
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
25 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
13 of 25 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Lee (R-UT), Edward Markey (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), David Perdue (R-GA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn.
- S. 178 (114th) Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
- S. 2840 (114th) POLICE Act of 2016
- S. 2577 (114th) Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016
- S. 337 (114th) FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
- S. 612 (114th) WIIN Act
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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.