Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2015
- Committee actionJun 24, 2015
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2015 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 183.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 861.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act of 2015” on July 15, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Finance Committee 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/50398
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 861, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 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. 114-104 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on July 30, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/104
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 861, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bcdb3bbd995c2852656b045c23cda45ae50e707893bf41d14edcbcf470ac7703
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 861, last updated January 21, 2026. 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 — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent
8 of 16 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), John Barrasso (R-WY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Rob Portman (R-OH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT), John Thune (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Thomas Carper.
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- S. 2133 (114th) Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015
- S. 614 (114th) Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015
- S. 1172 (114th) Edward "Ted" Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015
- S. 1616 (114th) Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015
- S.Res. 191 (114th) A resolution relative to the death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III.
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.