Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2016
- Committee actionMay 25, 2016
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2016 — By Senator Johnson from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-407.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2972.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2972, Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2016” on December 8, 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 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52325
- CBO publication date
- December 8, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2972, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2972
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 114-407 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 9, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/407
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2972, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2972
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bfa03fed97a7eaf230b49ad16f80c08824021da92289d7a666668784365216a6
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. James Lankford.
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- S. 282 (114th) Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
- 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. 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.