HR 2241 · 112th Congress 2011โ€“2013, ended

To provide an election to terminate certain capital construction funds without penalties.

Latest action · Jun 17, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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 16, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Permits any person who entered into a capital construction fund agreement (an agreement to provide replacement vessels, additional vessels, or reconstructed vessels) with respect to certain vessels operated in the fisheries of the United States to make an election to terminate the capital construction fund established under such agreement. Sets forth provisions concerning the effect of such election, including the distribution and taxation of such funds, on individuals and entities.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2011 to Jan 27, 2012; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-CAFortney Pete StarkJan 27, 2012

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 16, 2011
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Jun 16, 2011
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
Referred Jun 17, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 17, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
  2. Jun 16, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Jun 16, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

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: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4329.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R41613Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress ArchivedReportJan 22, 2013

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1208A bill to provide an election to terminate certain capital construction funds without penalties.Identical billJun 15, 2011

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide an election to terminate certain capital construction funds without penalties.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 16, 2011Introduced in House

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