HR 2893 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

MADE Act

Introduced Jun 25, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Thomas MacArthur R-NJ

Latest action · Jun 25, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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.

IntroducedJun 25, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Manufacturing American Defense Emblems Act or MADE Act

This bill requires the 100% U.S.-manufacture of any decorative object that depicts the seals for the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, the Armed Forces, the defense intelligence agencies, and any other defense agency.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2015 to Sep 10, 2015.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jul 29, 2015
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Sep 10, 2015

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Jun 25, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House
Jun 25, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

In the Congressional Record 1

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	Text printed H4973	—	Jul 14, 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 103, June 25, 2015, page H4772.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R43131	Green Infrastructure and Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater Archived	Report	May 2, 2016

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that decorative objects depicting the official seal of the Department of Defense, the military departments, the Armed Forces, and the Defense Agencies be manufactured in the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced: MADE Act; Manufacturing American Defense Emblems Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House

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