HJRES 118 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the garnishment of non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States without first obtaining a court order.

Latest action · Sep 2, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Progress

Where this resolution 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. IntroducedJul 10, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2014, relating to the garnishment of non-federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States without first obtaining a court order.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2014 to Sep 11, 2014; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-KYAndy BarrOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-LABill CassidyOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-TXBill FloresOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-OHBob GibbsOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-AKDon YoungOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-MSGregg HarperOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-INJackie WalorskiOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-OHJim JordanOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-AZMatt SalmonOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-TXRalph M. HallOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-NCRenee L. EllmersOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-ARTom CottonOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-CATom McClintockOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalJul 10, 2014
R-FLJeff MillerJul 14, 2014
R-NDKevin CramerJul 14, 2014
R-INLarry BucshonJul 14, 2014
R-PAScott PerryJul 14, 2014
R-ARTim GriffinJul 14, 2014
R-KSTim HuelskampJul 14, 2014
R-MSAlan NunneleeJul 15, 2014
R-KSLynn JenkinsJul 15, 2014
R-INTodd RokitaJul 15, 2014
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesJul 17, 2014
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerJul 25, 2014
R-PAKeith J. RothfusAug 1, 2014
R-PALou BarlettaSep 11, 2014

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 10, 2014
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee
Referred Sep 2, 2014

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 2, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  2. Jul 10, 2014Introduced in House
  3. Jul 10, 2014Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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
HouseLists H6107H.J. Res. 118—Jul 10, 2014

Research

What has been written about this resolution: 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: According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6107.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—WAIVING WORK REQUIREMENTS IN THE TANF PROGRAM124 pagesWays and Means CommitteeFeb 28, 2013

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the garnishment of non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States without first obtaining a court order.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 10, 2014Introduced in House

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