Keeping Americans Warm Act of 2007
Latest action · Dec 4, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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.
- IntroducedDec 4, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keeping Americans Warm Act of 2007 - Appropriates funds for FY2008 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for emergency payments to states under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, notwithstanding such Act's requirement that funds be made available only after the President's submission to Congress of a formal budget request that includes a designation of the requested amount as an emergency requirement.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 4, 2007 to Sep 25, 2008; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Sep 25, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Appropriations Committee | Referred Dec 4, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Dec 4, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14742-14743)
- Dec 4, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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 S14728, S14743 | Bernard Sanders I-VT, Norm Coleman R-MN | Dec 4, 2007 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-822 | HOME HEATING CRISIS34 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jan 17, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4275 | Keeping Americans Warm Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Dec 4, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide additional appropriations for payments under section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Keeping Americans Warm Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2007Introduced 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.
