HR 1847 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National Security Act of 2011

Introduced May 11, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Jay Inslee D-WA

Latest action · May 24, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

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.

IntroducedMay 11, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National Security Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and federal defense provisions to extend to 15 the number of years that a federal or Department of Defense (DOD) multiyear contract may be entered into in the case of the purchase of advanced biofuel. (Under current law, federal and DOD multiyear procurement contracts are limited to a five-year period.)

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2011 to Mar 19, 2012; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray	Original	May 11, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	May 11, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Jul 28, 2011
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jul 28, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Jul 28, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jul 28, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jul 28, 2011
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 28, 2011
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jul 28, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jul 28, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jul 28, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jul 28, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Jul 28, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jul 28, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jul 28, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Sep 21, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price		Oct 4, 2011
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 19, 2012
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Mar 19, 2012

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred May 11, 2011
	Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform Subcommittee	Referred May 13, 2011
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred May 11, 2011
	Readiness Subcommittee	Referred May 24, 2011

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 24, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
May 13, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
May 11, 2011Introduced in House
May 11, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E856, E864)
May 11, 2011Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E856, E864	Jay Inslee D-WA	May 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 Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, Section 8, which provides that Congress shall have the power to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; by Article 1, Section 8, which provides that Congress shall have the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof; and by Article 4, Section 3 which provides that Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3220.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1079	Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National Security Act of 2011	Identical bill	May 25, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 41, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to extend the number of years that multiyear contracts may be entered into for the purchase of advanced biofuel, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National Security Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 11, 2011Introduced in House

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