Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Members of Congress Pension Opt Out Clarification Act
Sponsor: Sen. Mike Braun R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2019
- Committee actionJul 24, 2019
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 23, 2019 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 439.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 439, End Plush Retirements Act” on October 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 24, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55733
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 439, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2d68c4075e2ea6136612c4da6b27e34f2bedb9153fb2795caaccd11fcd8fd447
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. 116-153 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on October 28, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/153
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 439, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2d68c4075e2ea6136612c4da6b27e34f2bedb9153fb2795caaccd11fcd8fd447
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.