Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2019
Sponsor: Sen. James Lankford R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 13, 2019
- Passed SenateJun 11, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 395.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 395, Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2019” on March 4, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 13, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55009
- CBO publication date
- March 4, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 395, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-14 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 25, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/14
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 395, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Doug Jones (D-AL), Gary Peters (D-MI), James Risch (R-ID), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 458 (116th) A resolution calling for the global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws.
- S.Res. 180 (116th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, during Public Service Recognition Week, public servants should be commended for…
- S.Res. 599 (116th) A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Judge Lee Roy West.
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.