Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-321
RESPONSE Act of 2016
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Sponsor: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp D-NDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2015
- Committee actionMar 4, 2015
- Passed SenateMay 9, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 29, 2016 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesDec 10, 2016
- To the PresidentDec 14, 2016
- Became lawDec 16, 2016
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-321.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 546.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 546, RESPONSE Act of 2015” on March 18, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 4, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50044
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 546, RESPONSE Act of 2016” on September 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52040
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0a1579b7513474f692471824d6004089c24e215a4dba2b385182af803903107d
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-808 ↗; S. Rept. 114-85 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/808
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/85 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0a1579b7513474f692471824d6004089c24e215a4dba2b385182af803903107d
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
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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 — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bob Casey (D-PA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Angus King (I-ME), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
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.