To provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code.
Latest action · Dec 20, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-425.
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 17, 2005
- Passed HouseMar 28, 2006
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2006
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2006
- Became lawDec 20, 2006Public Law 109-425
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on March 28, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Makes attorneys employed by the Department of Justice (including assistant U.S. attorneys) eligible for compensatory time off for travel.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 17, 2005 to Oct 25, 2005; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Oct 17, 2005 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Oct 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Oct 17, 2005 |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Original | Oct 17, 2005 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Oct 25, 2005 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2005Markup Oct 20, 2005Reported Mar 14, 2006 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2006Discharged Dec 7, 2006 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2006Signed by President.
- Dec 20, 2006Became Public Law No: 109-425.
- Dec 11, 2006Presented to President.
- Dec 7, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 6, 2006Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11386)
- Dec 6, 2006Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11386)
- Dec 6, 2006Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 29, 2006Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 28, 2006Mr. Porter moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 28, 2006Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1144-1145)
- Mar 28, 2006DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4057.
- Mar 28, 2006Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1144-1145)
- Mar 28, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 14, 2006Reported by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 109-390.
- Mar 14, 2006Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 212.
- Oct 20, 2005Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 20, 2005Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Oct 17, 2005Introduced in House
- Oct 17, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1144, H1145Text printed H1144 | Danny K. Davis D-IL, Jon C. Porter R-NV | Mar 28, 2006 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 2, 2005H.R. 4057, A bill to provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on October 20, 2005</p>
- Nov 2, 2005H.R. 4057, A bill to provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States CodeCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on October 20, 2005
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1876 | A bill to provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code. | Identical bill | Dec 7, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Mar 29, 2006Referred in Senate
- Mar 28, 2006Engrossed in House
- Mar 14, 2006Reported in House
- Oct 17, 2005Introduced 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.