American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act
Latest action · Jul 22, 2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 123.
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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act - Sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2013 to May 15, 2013; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Original | Mar 5, 2013 |
| R-CA | Kevin McCarthy | Original | Mar 5, 2013 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Mar 5, 2013 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Mar 5, 2013 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | May 14, 2013 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | May 15, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2013Markup May 15, 2013Reported Jul 22, 2013 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2013Hearings Mar 21, 2013Discharged May 15, 2013 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2013Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-169.
- Jul 22, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 123.
- May 15, 2013Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
- May 15, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 15, 2013Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 13.
- Mar 21, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 7, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Mar 5, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H982.
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. 113-7 | OVERSIGHT HEARING TITLED ``AMERICA'S MINERAL RESOURCES: CREATING MINING AND MANUFACTURING JOBS AND SECURING AMERICA''; AND LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1063, H.R. 687, H.R. 697, H.R. 761, H.R. 767, H.R. 957, AND H.R. 981117 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 21, 2013 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2013Reported in House
- Mar 5, 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.
