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: Jun 24, 2015 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 127.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 282.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 282, Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act” on May 22, 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, May 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50225
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 282, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/282
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a433b755be200fb25c623dd1be6d3c12b518f350ca7c82eb0b75118c11fe92e6
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. 114-71 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 24, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 24, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/71
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 282, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/282
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a433b755be200fb25c623dd1be6d3c12b518f350ca7c82eb0b75118c11fe92e6
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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
11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John McCain (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Rand Paul (R-KY), Gary Peters (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH), Ben Sasse (R-NE).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. James Lankford.
- S. 1576 (114th) Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2015
- S. 1820 (114th) Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2015
- S. 1818 (114th) Principled Rulemaking Act of 2015
- S. 2966 (114th) District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act
- S. 2972 (114th) GRANT Act
- S. 321 (114th) A bill to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes.
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.