HR 63 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Democracy Day Act of 2005

Introduced Jan 4, 2005 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

Latest action · Jan 4, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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 4, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Democracy Day Act of 2005 - Requires the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2008 and in each even-number year thereafter (Election Day) to be treated in the same manner as November 11 (Veterans Day) for purposes of any laws relating to Federal employment. Urges private employers to give their employees that day off to enable them to vote.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the impact of such requirement on voter participation.

Cosponsors 110

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2005 to Nov 14, 2006; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-NY	Major R. Owens	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jan 4, 2005
D-AL	Artur Davis		Jan 25, 2005
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jan 25, 2005
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Jan 25, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jan 26, 2005
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Feb 1, 2005
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Feb 1, 2005
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Feb 1, 2005
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Feb 8, 2005
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Feb 8, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Feb 8, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Feb 15, 2005
D-TX	Al Green		Mar 1, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Mar 1, 2005
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Mar 1, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Mar 1, 2005
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 1, 2005
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		Mar 1, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Mar 1, 2005
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Mar 1, 2005
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Mar 1, 2005
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Mar 1, 2005
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 1, 2005
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 1, 2005
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Mar 1, 2005
D-GA	John Lewis		Mar 1, 2005
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Mar 1, 2005
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Mar 1, 2005
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Mar 1, 2005
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 1, 2005
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Mar 1, 2005
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Mar 1, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 1, 2005
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 1, 2005
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 1, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Mar 10, 2005
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Mar 10, 2005
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 10, 2005
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 10, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Mar 10, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Mar 10, 2005
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Mar 10, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Mar 10, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Mar 10, 2005
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Mar 10, 2005
D-NM	Tom Udall		Mar 10, 2005
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 10, 2005
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Mar 15, 2005
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 15, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 15, 2005
D-CO	John T. Salazar		Mar 15, 2005
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Mar 15, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank		Mar 17, 2005
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 17, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 17, 2005
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 17, 2005
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Mar 17, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Mar 17, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Mar 17, 2005
D-AR	Marion Berry		Apr 5, 2005
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 5, 2005
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 5, 2005
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Apr 5, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Apr 6, 2005
D-MA	John W. Olver		Apr 6, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Apr 19, 2005
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Apr 19, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Apr 19, 2005
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		May 19, 2005
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		May 24, 2005
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		May 24, 2005
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 8, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 8, 2005
D-CA	Joe Baca		Jun 8, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jun 17, 2005
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jun 17, 2005
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jun 17, 2005
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jun 17, 2005
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Jun 17, 2005
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Jun 17, 2005
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jun 17, 2005
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jun 22, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Jun 22, 2005
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Jun 22, 2005
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jun 22, 2005
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		Jun 22, 2005
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Jun 22, 2005
D-OR	David Wu		Jun 24, 2005
D-CA	George Miller		Jul 12, 2005
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jul 14, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jul 19, 2005
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 21, 2005
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Sep 7, 2005
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 22, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jan 31, 2006
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		May 18, 2006
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Nov 14, 2006

Committees 1

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 Jan 4, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House
Jan 4, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E23-24)
Jan 4, 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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E23	John Conyers, Jr. D-MI	Jan 4, 2005

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.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL33894	Election Reform: Issues and Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress Archived	Report	Feb 28, 2007

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1130	Democracy Day Act of 2005	Related bill	May 26, 2005

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the same manner as any legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Democracy Day Act of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House

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