To extend the authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect court officials away from the Supreme Court grounds.
Latest action · Dec 20, 2013 Became Public Law No: 113-62.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2013
- Passed HouseNov 12, 2013
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2013
- To the PresidentDec 13, 2013
- Became lawDec 20, 2013Public Law 113-62
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Extends through December 29, 2019, the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to protect, in any state, the Justices of the Supreme Court, any official guest of the Supreme Court, and any officer or employee of the Supreme Court performing official duties.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 572 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed399–3 | Nov 12, 2013 |
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 1, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2013Markup Sep 11, 2013Reported Nov 12, 2013 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Aug 2, 2013Discharged Sep 10, 2013 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2013Signed by President.
- Dec 20, 2013Became Public Law No: 113-62.
- Dec 13, 2013Presented to President.
- Dec 11, 2013Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 10, 2013Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8605)
- Nov 13, 2013Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Nov 12, 2013Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-259.
- Nov 12, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186.
- Nov 12, 2013Mr. Holding moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Nov 12, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6974-6975)
- Nov 12, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2922.
- Nov 12, 2013At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Nov 12, 2013Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6978)
- Nov 12, 2013Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 3 (Roll no. 572). (text: CR H6974)
- Sep 11, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 11, 2013Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 10, 2013Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.
- Aug 2, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Aug 1, 2013Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2013Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9043 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Dec 19, 2013 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8605 | Harry Reid D-NV | Dec 10, 2013 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8044 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Nov 14, 2013 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6974, H6975Text printed H6974Recorded votes H6978extend | George Holding R-NC, Howard Coble R-NC, Melvin L. Watt D-NC, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Nov 12, 2013 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 25, 2013H.R. 2922, a bill to extend the authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect court officials away from the Supreme Court groundsAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 2013
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5346.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend the authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect court officials away from the Supreme Court grounds.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 13, 2013Received in Senate
- Nov 12, 2013Reported in House
- Nov 12, 2013Engrossed in House
- Aug 1, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
