Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices.
Latest action · Apr 30, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 30, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Establishes a select committee in the House of Representatives to review national security laws, policies, and practices and make recommendations about the effectiveness of past and present U.S. law enforcement, national security, and intelligence activities and the extent, if any, to which unlawful, improper, or unauthorized activities were engaged in by or on behalf of any federal, state, or local government official.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2009 to Sep 8, 2009, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jul 17, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 8, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Congress
- Congressional committees
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government studies and investigations
- Homeland security
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Law enforcement administration and funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in House
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