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, 2015Public Law 114-72
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.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2015Markup Jul 23, 2015Reported Jul 29, 2015 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 25, 2015Discharged Oct 6, 2015 |
Actions 23
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2015Presented to President.
- Oct 22, 2015Signed by President.
- Oct 22, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-72.
- Oct 21, 2015Mr. Chaffetz asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H7060-7061)
- Oct 21, 2015Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H7060-7061)
- Oct 21, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 7, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 6, 2015Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 6, 2015Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7171)
- Oct 6, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 25, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sep 24, 2015Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 24, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6198-6199)
- Sep 24, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3116.
- Sep 24, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6198)
- Sep 24, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 29, 2015Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-237.
- Jul 29, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
- Jul 23, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 23, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 22, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 20, 2015Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 H7060, H7061Amendments H7060 | Jason Chaffetz R-UT | Oct 21, 2015 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7171Text printed S7171Amendments S7167, S7171 | Ben Sasse R-NE (amendment), Steve Daines R-MT | Oct 6, 2015 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6198, H6199Text printed H6198 | Jason Chaffetz R-UT, Ted Lieu D-CA | Sep 24, 2015 |
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
- Jul 29, 2015H.R. 3116, Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 23, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 113, July 20, 2015, page H5298.
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
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Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2710 | To protect privacy for the American public. | Ben Sasse R-NEfor Steve Daines | 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 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
