To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 26, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2010
- Passed HouseMar 10, 2010
- 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.)
Declares that any federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse at their standard rates of compensation.
Ratifies and approves all actions taken by federal employees, contractors, and grantees during that period of lapse to: (1) maintain the essential level of government operations, services, and activities to protect life and property; and (2) bring about orderly termination of government functions.
Requires that funds used by the Secretary of Transportation to compensate such employees be derived from funds previously authorized out of the Highway Trust Fund and made available or limited to the Department of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010. Deems this Act to be a section of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the last amendment to such Resolution.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 9, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Mar 9, 2010 |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Mar 9, 2010 |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Original | Mar 9, 2010 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 9, 2010 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Mar 9, 2010 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2010 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2010 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2010 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2010 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 10, 2010Mr. Oberstar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 10, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1226-1228)
- Mar 10, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4786.
- Mar 10, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1226-1227)
- Mar 10, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 10, 2010Received in the Senate.
- Mar 10, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Mar 9, 2010Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2010Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
- Mar 9, 2010Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 9, 2010Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2618 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 15, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1226–H1228Text printed H1226 | Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Howard Coble R-NC, James L. Oberstar D-MN | Mar 10, 2010 |
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
- Mar 22, 2010H.R. 4786, An act to provide authority to compensate federal employees for the two-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 10, 2010</p>
- Mar 22, 2010H.R. 4786, An act to provide authority to compensate federal employees for the two-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposesCost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 10, 2010
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2010Referred in Senate
- Mar 10, 2010Engrossed in House
- Mar 9, 2010Introduced 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.
