Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2015
- Passed SenateJun 10, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 27, 2016 · without objection
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2016 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 253.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 253, Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015” on March 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 26, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49998
- CBO publication date
- March 6, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 253, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c356ebf9f9e82da11ae3812287ba6c34baed3ed48536e16678a8da125eaf3df5
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-58 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 22, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/58
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 253, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c356ebf9f9e82da11ae3812287ba6c34baed3ed48536e16678a8da125eaf3df5
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 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.