Late Fee Emergency Relief Act of 2001
Latest action · Nov 2, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 29, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Postmaster General to: (1) designate such an area promptly for a 30-day period following any such mail disruption; and (2) disseminate monthly to specified agencies and publish in the Federal Register the postal zip codes designated as mail disruption areas.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 1, 2001 to Feb 27, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Felix J. Grucci Jr. | Nov 1, 2001 | |
| R-NJ | Marge Roukema | Nov 1, 2001 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Nov 1, 2001 | |
| R-NY | Benjamin A. Gilman | Nov 6, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Nov 6, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Nov 6, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Nov 8, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Nov 8, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Nov 13, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Nov 13, 2001 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Nov 13, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Nov 13, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Nov 14, 2001 | |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Nov 14, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Nov 15, 2001 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Nov 15, 2001 | |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Nov 15, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Nov 15, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Nov 15, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | Nov 15, 2001 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 16, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Nov 27, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Nov 29, 2001 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Nov 29, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Dec 4, 2001 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Dec 4, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Dec 4, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Lynn N. Rivers | Dec 5, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Dec 11, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Dec 11, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Dec 19, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jan 23, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jan 23, 2002 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Feb 27, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Oct 29, 2001 |
| Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee | Referred Nov 2, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
- Oct 29, 2001Introduced in House
- Oct 29, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-49 | GIVING CONSUMERS CREDIT: HOW IS THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY TREATING ITS CUSTOMERS?172 pages | Financial Services Committee | Nov 1, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit creditors from imposing late fees, increasing interest rates, or submitting adverse credit information with regard to the account of a consumer whose mail service has been disrupted due to a biological, chemical, or radiological attack, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Late Fee Emergency Relief Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological warfare
- Biological weapons
- Chemical warfare
- Chemical weapons
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Consumer credit
- Consumer protection
- EBB Terrorism
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Interest rates
- International Affairs
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear warfare
- Nuclear weapons
- Postal crimes
- Postal service
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
