Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2015
- Committee actionJun 24, 2015
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 742.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 742, Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses Act of 2015” on July 15, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50392
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 742, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/742
- 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. 114-226 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 14, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/226
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 742, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c4bf284f7fa73d04a1adb60641825e52a6ccb19a9a5978a7afb2c99be30fdf9
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 742, 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
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Deb Fischer (R-NE), Dean Heller (R-NV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
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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.