Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2015
- Committee actionMay 6, 2015
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2015 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 193.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 280.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015” on July 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 6, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50689
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 280, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 114-113 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on August 4, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/113
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 280, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc62407914910792d5b12fe58dc0fe943c1d54988c36adf205d8c7a617b63b45
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 280, last updated May 27, 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 2 independents
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Angus King (I-ME), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Rand Paul (R-KY), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Mark Warner (D-VA).
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.