Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act of 2015
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Tester D-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2015
- Committee actionMay 6, 2015
- Passed SenateNov 17, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 434.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 434, Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act of 2015” on May 22, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 6, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50222
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 434, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/434
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
553ae2ac0852d880247599f07a2c279a2dd46c2eb3cf0863e34cfec48d64f9ab
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. 114-246 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 28, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/246
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 434, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/434
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
553ae2ac0852d880247599f07a2c279a2dd46c2eb3cf0863e34cfec48d64f9ab
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 434, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Rob Portman (R-OH), David Vitter (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
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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.