Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Committee actionMar 4, 2015
- Passed SenateJul 28, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2015 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 242.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 242, Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015” on March 31, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 4, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50073
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 242, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d85a07787e220e6cbe3685972c7b30ffa8a1fb4cd653731a7e398f9d401293b1
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. 114-89 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 23, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/89
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 242, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d85a07787e220e6cbe3685972c7b30ffa8a1fb4cd653731a7e398f9d401293b1
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 242, last updated April 7, 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 — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.