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 | |
| R-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 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Jul 21, 2003 | |
| R-NV | Jim Gibbons | Jul 21, 2003 | |
| R-CO | Bob Beauprez | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Nov 6, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Feb 25, 2004 | |
| R-OK | Ernest J. Istook Jr. | Mar 24, 2004 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2003 |
| Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2003 | |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2003 |
| Technology and the House Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 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.
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. 108-66 | REFORMING REGULATION TO KEEP AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES COMPETITIVE64 pages | Small Business Committee | May 20, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Congressional Responsibility Act of 2003
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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 7, 2003Introduced 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.