Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvement Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2016
- Committee actionJun 9, 2016
- Passed SenateNov 29, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2944.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2944, Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2016” on July 12, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 9, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51798
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2944, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2944, last updated August 10, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 1482 (114th) Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015
- S. 2893 (114th) Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016
- S. 607 (114th) Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
- S. 2613 (114th) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016
- S. 349 (114th) Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015
- S. 1599 (114th) Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2015
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.