Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-40
Steve Gleason Act of 2015
Became law on Jul 30, 2015.
Sponsor: Sen. David Vitter R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2015
- Committee actionJun 2, 2015
- Passed SenateApr 22, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseJul 15, 2015 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJul 22, 2015
- Became lawJul 30, 2015
Latest action: Jul 30, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-40.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 984.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 984, Steve Gleason Act of 2015” on June 23, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 2, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50340
- CBO publication date
- June 23, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 984, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/984
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
660f6359c99b4dc713d27cc35da97997e3e18207893d5db51a36efbcc4c03ef8
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: H. Rept. 114-178 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 24, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 24, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/178
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 984, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/984
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
660f6359c99b4dc713d27cc35da97997e3e18207893d5db51a36efbcc4c03ef8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 984, last updated December 6, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Susan Collins (R-ME), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Angus King (I-ME), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
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.