Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
OPEN Government Data Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2016
- Committee actionMay 25, 2016
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2016 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2852.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2852, OPEN Government Data Act” on December 6, 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, December 6, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52316
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2852, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0ea31bfca7b739f4259c1427440375f16c85836fbf2fafd3bf80d5323bf11ce
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-396 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 8, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/396
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2852, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0ea31bfca7b739f4259c1427440375f16c85836fbf2fafd3bf80d5323bf11ce
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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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.