Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2001
Latest action · Jan 30, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S778-779)
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.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Attorney General to award grants to eligible State and local government applicants to enable them to implement Commission recommendations.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2001 to Feb 26, 2001; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Original | Jan 30, 2001 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2001 |
| R-RI | Lincoln Chafee | Original | Jan 30, 2001 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Jan 30, 2001 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Feb 26, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S777-778)
- Jan 30, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S778-779)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S777–S780Text printed S778Analyses S779 | Arlen Specter D-PA (text), Tom Harkin D-IA | Jan 30, 2001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-481 | REDUCING THE THREAT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS90 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Mar 19, 2002 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a Commission for the comprehensive study of voting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2001
- Popular Titles
- Improve Voting Process bill
- Voting Procedures Commission and Modernization bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Ballots
- Citizen participation
- Computers and government
- Congress
- Congressional election statistics
- Congressional elections
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Election administration
- Election statistics
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Internet
- Law
- Legislation
- Presidential election statistics
- Presidential elections
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Social Welfare
- Voting
- Voting machines
- Voting of the disabled
- Voting of the elderly
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2001Introduced in Senate
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.
