Congressional Responsibility Act of 2003
Latest action · Sep 9, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and the House.
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 7, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires an agency, whenever it promulgates a regulation, to submit to each House of Congress a report containing its text and an explanation.
Sets forth expedited congressional procedures for consideration of bills to enact agency regulations.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2003 to Mar 24, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Jan 29, 2003 | |
| R-ID | C. L. (Butch) Otter | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| R-WI | Mark Green | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Edward L. Schrock | Jul 14, 2003 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and the House.
- Mar 6, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- Jan 7, 2003Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 2003Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Administrative procedure
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional-executive relations
- Expedited congressional procedure
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government regulation
- House rules and procedure
- Judicial review
- Law
- Legislation
- Senate rules and procedure
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.