HCONRES 110 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not interpret or construe the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President or any Federal department or agency to confiscate personal or private property, to force conscription into the Armed Forces on the American people, to force civilians to engage in labor against their will or without compensation, or to force private businesses to relinquish goods or services without compensation.

Introduced Mar 22, 2012 Originated House Sponsor Sandy Adams R-FL

Latest action · Apr 26, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 22, 2012
Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should not interpret or construe the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President or any federal department or agency to confiscate personal or private property, to force conscription into the Armed Forces on the American people, to force civilians to engage in labor against their will or without compensation, or to force private businesses to relinquish goods or services without compensation.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2012 to Jun 27, 2012; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Allen B. West	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-FL	Steve Southerland II	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-NY	Tom Reed	Original	Mar 22, 2012
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		Mar 27, 2012
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Mar 27, 2012
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Mar 27, 2012
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Mar 27, 2012
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Mar 27, 2012
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Mar 27, 2012
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Mar 27, 2012
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Mar 27, 2012
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Mar 27, 2012
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 27, 2012
R-MO	Billy Long		Mar 28, 2012
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Mar 28, 2012
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 28, 2012
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Mar 28, 2012
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Mar 28, 2012
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Mar 28, 2012
R-OK	James Lankford		Mar 28, 2012
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Mar 28, 2012
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Mar 28, 2012
R-AZ	Benjamin Quayle		Mar 29, 2012
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Mar 29, 2012
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Mar 29, 2012
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 29, 2012
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Mar 29, 2012
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 16, 2012
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Apr 16, 2012
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry		Apr 18, 2012
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Apr 18, 2012
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Apr 19, 2012
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 27, 2012
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		May 7, 2012
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jun 20, 2012
R-NY	Robert L. Turner		Jun 27, 2012

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Mar 22, 2012
	Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Apr 26, 2012

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 26, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
Mar 22, 2012Introduced in House
Mar 22, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Research

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CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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Product	Title	Kind	Published
R43118	The Defense Production Act of 1950, Before Passage of P.L. 113-172 Archived	Report	Aug 25, 2014

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not interpret or construe the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President or any Federal department or agency to confiscate personal or private property, to force conscription into the Armed Forces on the American people, to force civilians to engage in labor against their will or without compensation, or to force private businesses to relinquish goods or services without compensation.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

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Mar 22, 2012Introduced in House

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