Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2016
- Committee actionMay 25, 2016
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 638.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2849.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2849, GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016” on June 28, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 25, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51728
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2849, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ea4f75ba8618509a7066d352adf8854e2d4ea8cb80cfb6949547496ecb3780ff
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. 114-356 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 21, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/356
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2849, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ea4f75ba8618509a7066d352adf8854e2d4ea8cb80cfb6949547496ecb3780ff
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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
18 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 18 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), John McCain (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), David Perdue (R-GA), Gary Peters (D-MI), James Risch (R-ID), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Thomas Tillis (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse.
- S. 2128 (114th) Inspector General Mandates Reporting Act of 2015
- S. 2066 (114th) Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- S. 3311 (114th) CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016
- S. 748 (114th) Amnesty Bonuses Elimination Act
- S. 2803 (114th) Taxpayers Before Insurers Act
- S. 3481 (114th) HHS Slush Fund Elimination Act
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.