HR 1473 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2015

Latest action · May 8, 2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.

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. IntroducedMar 19, 2015
  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.)

John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2015

Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to reauthorize appropriations for FY2016-FY2020 for maintenance, repair, and security, and capital projects for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 19, 2015.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 19, 2015

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Mar 19, 2015Markup Apr 15, 2015Reported May 8, 2015
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Referred Mar 20, 2015Discharged Apr 15, 2015

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2015Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-105.
  2. May 8, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.
  3. Apr 15, 2015Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
  4. Apr 15, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Apr 15, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  6. Mar 20, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
  7. Mar 19, 2015Introduced in House
  8. Mar 19, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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. Apr 22, 2015H.R. 1473, John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 15, 2015

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to authority over the district as the seat of government), and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress 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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 47, March 19, 2015, page H1804.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2808John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2016Related billJun 20, 2016

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Short Titles as Introduced
John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2015
Short Titles as Reported to House
John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2015Reported in House
  2. Mar 19, 2015Introduced in House

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