A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive rent charges.
Latest action · Apr 27, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Prohibits, effective October 1, 2006: (1) rent charges established by the Administrator of General Services for accommodations provided to the judicial branch from exceeding the actual costs of operating and maintaining such accommodations by the General Services Administration (GSA); and (2) any amounts for shell rent, capital costs, real estate taxes (except for taxes paid by the Administrator to lessors), or administrative fees from being included in such rent charges. Requires the judicial branch's repayment to the Administrator of the cost of repair and alteration projects performed by GSA on judicial branch accommodations after October 1, 2006, to be recovered over time in a manner agreed upon by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Administrator.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2006 to Sep 5, 2006; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 15, 2006 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Feb 15, 2006 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Feb 15, 2006 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Feb 15, 2006 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| R-MO | Jim Talent | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Apr 24, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Apr 26, 2006 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | May 5, 2006 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | May 22, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | May 26, 2006 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Jun 5, 2006 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jun 5, 2006 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Jun 12, 2006 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Sep 5, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2006Markup Apr 27, 2006Reported Apr 27, 2006 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2006Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 27, 2006Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
- Apr 27, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415.
- Feb 15, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1363)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S1409 | John Cornyn R-TX, Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Feb 16, 2006 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1363 | Arlen Specter D-PA | Feb 15, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 10, 2006S. 2292, A bill to provide relief for the federal judiciary from excessive rent charges<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 27, 2006</p>
- Jun 10, 2006S. 2292, A bill to provide relief for the federal judiciary from excessive rent chargesCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 27, 2006
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, THE JUDICIARY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007135 pages | Appropriations Committee | Dec 31, 2006 |
| S. Hrg. 109-842 | BOLSTERING THE SAFETY NET: ELIMINATING MEDICAID FRAUD109 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Mar 28, 2006 |
| S. Hrg. 109-330 | DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, THE JUDICIARY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007523 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 2, 2006–May 4, 2006 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33551 | Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies (TTHUD): FY2007 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jun 4, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive rent charges.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2006Reported to Senate
- Feb 15, 2006Introduced 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.