Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
Latest action · Sep 21, 2016 Received in the Senate.
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.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill applies federal civil service requirements to leave used by disabled armed forces veterans in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
To verify that leave credited to such an employee is used for treating a service-connected disability, the employee shall certify to FAA Human Resource Management that the employee used that leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for that disability by a health care provider.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2016 to Sep 13, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Sep 8, 2016 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 13, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Sep 13, 2016 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Sep 13, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 8, 2016Markup Sep 14, 2016Reported Sep 20, 2016 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 2016 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2016Received in the Senate.
- Sep 20, 2016Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-771.
- Sep 20, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 604.
- Sep 20, 2016Mr. Zeldin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 20, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5699-5700)
- Sep 20, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5957.
- Sep 20, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5699)
- Sep 20, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 14, 2016Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 9, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Sep 8, 2016Introduced in House
- Sep 8, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1319 | Frank A. LoBiondo R-NJ | Sep 21, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5699, H5700Text printed H5699 | André Carson D-IN, Lee M. Zeldin R-NY, Rick Larsen D-WA | Sep 20, 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
- Sep 20, 2016H.R. 5957, Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 135, September 8, 2016, page H5224.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 636 | FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jul 15, 2016 |
| S 2683 | Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 | Identical bill | Oct 7, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2016Received in Senate
- Sep 20, 2016Reported in House
- Sep 20, 2016Engrossed in House
- Sep 8, 2016Introduced 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.
