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, 2014Public Law 113-125
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; 3 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2014Markup Apr 9, 2014Reported May 20, 2014 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 22, 2014 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred May 23, 2014 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 22, 2014 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 23, 2014 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2014Signed by President.
- Jun 30, 2014Became Public Law No: 113-125.
- Jun 25, 2014Presented to President.
- Jun 23, 2014Mr. Petri moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 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.
- Jun 23, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5602)
- May 23, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- May 23, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- May 22, 2014Received in the House.
- May 22, 2014Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 22, 2014Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 21, 2014Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3243; text as passed Senate: CR S3243)
- May 20, 2014Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-162.
- May 20, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 379.
- Apr 9, 2014Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 6, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Mar 6, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5602–H5604Text printed H5602 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Sean P. Duffy R-WI, Thomas E. Petri R-WI | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3243Text printed S3243Amendments S3243 | Harry Reid D-NV | May 21, 2014 |
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
- Apr 18, 2014S. 2086, Reliable Home Heating ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 9, 2014
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
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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 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to address current emergency shortages of propane and other home heating fuels and to provide greater flexibility and information for Governors to address such emergencies in the future.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Reliable Home Heating Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Reliable Home Heating Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Reliable Home Heating Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Reliable Home Heating Act
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
