Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Cardin D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2015
- Committee actionJul 29, 2015
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2016 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 284.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 284, Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act” on September 2, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 29, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 2, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50790
- CBO publication date
- September 2, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 284, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f70b9baa4ef86c2d026c61f38d3d9756b7ba2aaa578f9a66b5de4c79b89112a7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 284, Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act” on June 2, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 18, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51647
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 284, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f70b9baa4ef86c2d026c61f38d3d9756b7ba2aaa578f9a66b5de4c79b89112a7
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 284, last updated March 4, 2026. 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), John McCain (R-AZ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 756 (114th) Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act of 2015
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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.