Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act
Latest action · Oct 22, 2015 Became Public Law No: 114-72.
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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2015
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2015
- Passed SenateOct 6, 2015
- To the PresidentOct 22, 2015
- Became lawOct 22, 2015
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on October 6, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 2) This bill extends the authority of the Department of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program through September 30, 2030, under which Commerce collects and publishes quarterly financial statistics of business operations, organization, practices, management, and relation to other businesses, including data on sales, expenses, assets, liabilities, and other measures of financial condition.
(Sec. 3) Commerce must conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a review of the data security procedures of the Bureau of the Census. Such report shall:
- identify all Bureau information systems that contain sensitive information;
- describe any actions carried out by Commerce or the Bureau to secure sensitive information since the data breaches of Office of Personnel Management systems were announced in 2015;
- identify any known data breaches of Bureau information systems that contain sensitive information; and
- identify whether the Bureau stores any information that, if combined with other information, would comprise classified information.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 26
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-72.
- Oct 22, 2015Presented to President.
- Oct 22, 2015Signed by President.
- Oct 21, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 21, 2015Mr. Chaffetz asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H7060-7061)
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2710 | To protect privacy for the American public. | Ben Sasse R-NE | Amendment SA 2710 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1868 | Quarterly Financial Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015 | Related bill | Oct 22, 2015 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Oct 6, 2015Engrossed Amendment Senate
- Sep 25, 2015Referred in Senate
- Sep 24, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jul 29, 2015Reported in House
- Jul 20, 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.