National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 29, 2016 Became Public Law No: 114-147.
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 26, 2015
- Passed HouseMar 21, 2016
- Passed SenateApr 14, 2016
- To the PresidentApr 19, 2016
- Became lawApr 29, 2016Public Law 114-147
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to: (1) enter into an agreement to obtain a chair featuring the logo of the National League of POW/MIA Families, and (2) place it in the U.S. Capitol in a suitable permanent location within two years after enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 4) The AOC may: (1) enter into an agreement with any tax-exempt, charitable organization to solicit private donations to carry out this Act; and (2) accept resulting donations of funds, property, and services.
All costs incurred in carrying out this Act's purposes shall be paid for with private donations received from such organizations.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2015 to Dec 3, 2015; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 26, 2015Markup Dec 2, 2015Reported Feb 1, 2016 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2016Signed by President.
- Apr 29, 2016Became Public Law No: 114-147.
- Apr 19, 2016Presented to President.
- Apr 15, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Apr 14, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2106)
- Apr 4, 2016Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Mar 21, 2016Mrs. Miller (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 21, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1469-1472)
- Mar 21, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1670.
- Mar 21, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1469-1470)
- Mar 21, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 1, 2016Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-410.
- Feb 1, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 313.
- Dec 2, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Dec 2, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 26, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2015Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2106 | Dan Sullivan R-AK | Apr 14, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1469–H1472Text printed H1469 | Candice S. Miller R-MI, Mark Walker R-NC, Rodney Davis R-IL, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Stephen F. Lynch D-MA | Mar 21, 2016 |
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
- Dec 8, 2015H.R. 1670, National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Administration on December 2, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 51, March 26, 2015, page H2113.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP ON: H.R. 1670, THE NATIONAL POW/MIA REMEMBRANCE ACT OF 20158 pages | Committee on House Administration | Dec 2, 2015 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
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Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 885 | National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Mar 26, 2015 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Architect of the Capitol to place in the United States Capitol a chair honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Enacted
- National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Apr 4, 2016Received in Senate
- Mar 21, 2016Engrossed in House
- Feb 1, 2016Reported in House
- Mar 26, 2015Introduced 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.
