S 3462 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 8, 2010 Originated Senate Sponsor Jeanne Shaheen D-NH

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 8, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 8, 2010
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Authorizes the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, or any subcommittee or member of the Commission, as considered advisable in consultation with the Attorney General, to: (1) hold hearings, meet and act, take testimony and receive evidence, and administer oaths; and (2) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, and materials.

Authorizes, in the case of contumacy or failure of a person to obey a subpoena, a U.S. district court for the district in which the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be found to issue an order requiring appearance at any designated place to testify or to produce documentary or other evidence. Deems failure to obey such an order to be contempt of court.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2010 to Jun 30, 2010; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-DEEdward E. KaufmanOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-AKMark BegichOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJun 8, 2010
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJun 8, 2010
D-FLBill NelsonJun 9, 2010
D-ORJeff MerkleyJun 10, 2010
D-WAMaria CantwellJun 10, 2010
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergJun 30, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 8, 2010

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 8, 2010Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 8, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S5654Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Jim DeMint R-SCJun 30, 2010
SenateDebate and remarks S5052James M. Inhofe R-OK, Jeanne Shaheen D-NHJun 17, 2010

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 8, 2010Introduced in Senate

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