Senate bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-278
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2019
- Committee actionAug 5, 2020
- Passed SenateNov 17, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2020 · 380–0
- To the PresidentDec 21, 2020
- Became lawDec 31, 2020
Latest action: Dec 31, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-278.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2216.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2216, Transparency and Effective Accountability Measures for Veterans Caregivers Act” on September 9, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veteran’s Affairs on August 5, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56556
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2216, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2216, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
18 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 1 independent
8 of 18 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Doug Jones (D-AL), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters.
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- S. 1694 (116th) One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act
- S. 3418 (116th) STORM Act
- S. 1342 (116th) Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2020
- S. 2730 (116th) Drone Advisory Committee for the 21st Century Act
- S. 1869 (116th) Secure Federal LEASEs Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.