Reliable Home Heating Act
Latest action · Jun 30, 2014 Became Public Law No: 113-125.
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 6, 2014
- Passed SenateMay 21, 2014
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2014
- To the PresidentJun 25, 2014
- Became lawJun 30, 2014
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 20, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Reliable Home Heating Act - Directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to recognize any 30-day emergency period declared by a state governor due to a shortage of residential heating fuel (and up to two additional 30-day periods) as one during which FMCSA federal motor carrier safety regulations shall not apply to any motor carrier or driver operating a commercial motor vehicle providing residential heating fuel in a geographic area designated as under a state of emergency.
Defines the term "residential heating fuel" to include heating oil, natural gas, and propane.
Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, using data compiled from the Administration's Weekly Petroleum Status Reports, to notify the governor of each state in a Petroleum Administration for Defense District if that district's inventory of residential heating fuel has been below the most recent five-year average for more than three consecutive weeks.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study the impacts on safety from the extension of exemptions issued by the state governors.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2014 to Mar 13, 2014, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| R-IN | Daniel Coats | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Mar 10, 2014 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Mar 13, 2014 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Mar 13, 2014 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2014Became Public Law No: 113-125.
- Jun 30, 2014Signed by President.
- Jun 25, 2014Presented to President.
- Jun 23, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5602-5604)
- Jun 23, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2086.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2085 | HHEATT Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 5, 2014 |
| HR 2085 | Diagnostic Innovation Testing and Knowledge Advancement Act of 2013 | Text similarities | Jun 3, 2013 |
| HR 4076 | HHEATT Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 21, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Transportation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor standards
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Motor carriers
- Oil and gas
- Roads and highways
- State and local government operations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety and security
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 22, 2014Referred in House
- May 21, 2014Engrossed in Senate
- May 20, 2014Reported to Senate
- Mar 6, 2014Introduced in Senate
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.