Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
MEGABYTE Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 10, 2016
- Passed SenateJul 7, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2016 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2340.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015” on April 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 10, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51493
- CBO publication date
- April 22, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2340, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43eb7099641e0aed892421c85111ab5a84686cb17c58f146bbe89fe3d87fd498
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. 114-289 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 28, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/289
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2340, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43eb7099641e0aed892421c85111ab5a84686cb17c58f146bbe89fe3d87fd498
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2340, last updated December 6, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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.