United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Act
Latest action · Sep 8, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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.
- IntroducedMay 2, 2006
- Passed SenateSep 7, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Act - Establishes in the Department of State the position of U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
Expresses the sense of Congress that a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific should be designated as the Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 2, 2006 to May 15, 2006; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | May 2, 2006 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | May 2, 2006 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | May 2, 2006 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | May 4, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | May 4, 2006 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | May 9, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | May 15, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred May 2, 2006Markup May 23, 2006Reported May 26, 2006 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 8, 2006 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 8, 2006Received in the House.
- Sep 8, 2006Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- Sep 7, 2006Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9214-9215; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9214; text as passed Senate: CR S9214-9215)
- May 25, 2006Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar with amendments and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
- May 25, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 457.
- May 23, 2006Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- May 2, 2006Introduced in Senate
- May 2, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3900)
- May 2, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3900 | Richard G. Lugar R-IN | May 2, 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 8, 2006S. 2697, United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 25, 2006</p>
- Jun 8, 2006S. 2697, United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs ActCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 25, 2006
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40933 | United States Relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Archived | Report | Mar 12, 2010 |
| R40583 | U.S. Accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) Archived | Report | Oct 26, 2009 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the position of the United States Ambassador for ASEAN.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- An act to establish the position of the United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- United States Ambassador for ASEAN Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2006Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 8, 2006Referred in House
- May 25, 2006Reported to Senate
- May 2, 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.