Rewards for Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014
Latest action · Nov 20, 2014 Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
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.
- IntroducedNov 12, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rewards for Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require congressional notification not less than 15 days after a reward is authorized under the the Department of State's rewards for justice program.
Requires such notification to include information about the identity of the individual for whom the award is being made, the amount of the reward, the acts with respect to which the reward is being made, and how the reward is being publicized.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 12, 2014 to Nov 20, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Nov 12, 2014 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Nov 14, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Nov 20, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 12, 2014Markup Nov 20, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 20, 2014Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 12, 2014Introduced in House
- Nov 12, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 4, 2014H.R. 5685, Rewards for Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7938.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-225 | VARIOUS MEASURES198 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 20, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require congressional notification not less than 15 days after a reward is authorized under the Rewards for Justice Program of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rewards for Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 12, 2014Introduced 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.
