Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-139
A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes.
Became law on Mar 18, 2016.
Sponsor: Sen. Cory Gardner R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2015
- Committee actionJan 28, 2016
- Passed SenateMar 8, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMar 14, 2016 · 381–0
- To the PresidentMar 17, 2016
- Became lawMar 18, 2016
Latest action: Mar 18, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-139.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2426.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2426, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes” on February 12, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on January 28, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51244
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2426, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2426
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). 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
30 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 30 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Boozman (R-AR), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Edward Markey (D-MA), John McCain (R-AZ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), David Perdue (R-GA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT), John Thune (R-SD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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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.