HR 553 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States".

Latest action · Sep 10, 2013 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 50.

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. IntroducedFeb 6, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as established by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983) as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States."

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 6, 2013Markup Jul 31, 2013Reported Sep 10, 2013
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Feb 15, 2013Hearings Jun 13, 2013Discharged Jul 31, 2013

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 10, 2013Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-204.
  2. Sep 10, 2013Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
  3. Jul 31, 2013Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
  4. Jul 31, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Jul 31, 2013Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  6. Jun 13, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  7. Feb 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
  8. Feb 6, 2013Introduced in House
  9. Feb 6, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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

  1. Aug 27, 2013H.R. 553, a bill to designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the “Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States”As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 31, 2013

Constitutional authority

[Pages H414-H415] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. ISSA: H.R. 553. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV Section III: ``The 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 H415.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 10, 2013Reported in House
  2. Feb 6, 2013Introduced in House

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