Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2015
- Committee actionJul 22, 2015
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2015 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 240.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 627.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 627, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes” on July 30, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 22, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50695
- CBO publication date
- July 30, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 627, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
145f0099e8267b0dcfd6b4a558423ab6f7a2f7b49a29bbbc5f26974427a1b509
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-148 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 28, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/148
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 627, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
145f0099e8267b0dcfd6b4a558423ab6f7a2f7b49a29bbbc5f26974427a1b509
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 627, 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
16 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John McCain (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Thune (R-SD), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
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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.