Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm Act
Latest action · Aug 3, 2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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 20, 2009
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2009
- Passed SenateNot 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.)
Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make a payment to reimburse a state for the costs incurred in establishing, if the state so chooses, an absentee ballot tracking program for federal elections.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2009 to Jun 10, 2009; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Kevin McCarthy | Original | May 20, 2009 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 10, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Jun 10, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jun 10, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred May 20, 2009Markup Jun 10, 2009Reported Jun 19, 2009 |
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2009 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- Jul 30, 2009Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9139)
- Jul 30, 2009Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/28/2009 H8938-8939)
- Jul 30, 2009Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 28, 2009Mrs. Davis (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 28, 2009Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8938-8940)
- Jul 28, 2009DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2510.
- Jul 28, 2009At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- Jun 19, 2009Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 111-169.
- Jun 19, 2009Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 85.
- Jun 10, 2009Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 10, 2009Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- May 20, 2009Introduced in House
- May 20, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1211)
- May 20, 2009Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 H9139 | — | Jul 30, 2009 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2086 | Candice S. Miller R-MI | Jul 29, 2009 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8938–H8940Text printed H8938 | Daniel E. Lungren R-CA, Robert A. Brady D-PA, Rush Holt D-NJ, Susan A. Davis D-CA | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1211 | Susan A. Davis D-CA | May 20, 2009 |
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
- Jun 16, 2009H.R. 2510, Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on June 10, 2009</p>
- Jun 16, 2009H.R. 2510, Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on June 10, 2009
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. 111-1125 | COMPILATION OF HEARINGS AND MARKUPS596 pages | Rules and Administration Committee | Feb 2, 2010–Jul 20, 2010 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reimburse States for the costs incurred in establishing a program to track and confirm the receipt of voted absentee ballots in elections for Federal office and make information on the receipt of such ballots available by means of online access, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2009Referred in Senate
- Jul 30, 2009Engrossed in House
- Jun 19, 2009Reported in House
- May 20, 2009Introduced 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.
