Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2015
- Passed SenateApr 28, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2016 · 245–182
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2016 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 304.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 304, Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act” on March 9, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 26, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50007
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 304, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-13 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 13, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/13
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 304, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dean Heller (R-NV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Clarence Nelson (D-FL).
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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.