HR 1049 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

ROAD to Jobs Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 11, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Bill Johnson R-OH

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Latest action · Mar 11, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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. IntroducedMar 11, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Regulatory Openness, Accountability, and Disclosure to Jobs Act of 2011 or the ROAD to Jobs Act of 2011 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to require the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), no later than December 31 of each year, to report on: (1) the number of federal permits applied for but not issued during that year because an environmental impact statement (EIS) was not issued; and (2) descriptions of the federal permits for which EISs were issued that were rejected or otherwise disapproved in that year. Requires such report to include a description of the economic impact of not issuing each permit.

Defines "permit" to mean any license, certificate, approval, registration, charter, membership, exemption, or other form of permission required by federal law for the conduct of activity.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2011 to Jul 19, 2011; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-NYAnn Marie BuerkleOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-CADevin NunesOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-MSGregg HarperOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-OHJean SchmidtOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-FLJeff MillerOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-LAJeffrey M. LandryOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-GAPaul C. BrounOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-OHSteve AustriaOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-OHSteve StiversOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-SCTim ScottOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-MITim WalbergOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-OHRobert E. LattaMar 15, 2011
R-OHSteve ChabotMar 15, 2011
R-TXBlake FarentholdMar 29, 2011
R-WYCynthia M. LummisMar 29, 2011
R-TXBill FloresMar 30, 2011
R-MIDan BenishekMar 30, 2011
R-TNDavid P. RoeMar 30, 2011
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloMar 30, 2011
R-CODoug LambornMar 30, 2011
R-GAJack KingstonMar 30, 2011
R-CAKen CalvertMar 30, 2011
R-TNMarsha BlackburnMar 30, 2011
R-TNScott DesJarlaisMar 30, 2011
R-IASteve KingMar 30, 2011
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesApr 8, 2011
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterJul 19, 2011

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 11, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House
  2. Mar 11, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1730)
  3. Mar 11, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In the Congressional Record 1

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
HouseDebate and remarks H1730Bill Johnson R-OHMar 11, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the pages H1770, H1769.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to direct the Council on Environmental Quality to report to Congress annually on the number of permits required under Federal law for which applications have been submitted and that have not been issued because an environmental impact statement is pending, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
ROAD to Jobs Act of 2011
Regulatory Openness, Accountability, and Disclosure to Jobs Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House

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