HSA Technical Corrections Act
Latest action · Apr 12, 2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- 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.)
HSA Technical Corrections Act
(Sec. 3) This bill makes technical corrections to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
The bill includes among those appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, and (2) a Commandant of the Coast Guard.
References to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are updated.
"Nuclear Incident Response Team" is defined as a resource that includes: (1) those entities of the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support functions (including accident response, search response, advisory, and technical operations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions; and (2) those entities of the Environmental Protection Agency that perform such support functions (including radiological emergency response functions) and related functions.
The bill updates references to: (1) the Director of Central Intelligence to read as the Director of National Intelligence, and (2) "Hawaiian native-serving" to read as "Native Hawaiian-serving."
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 28, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Feb 28, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2017Markup Mar 8, 2017Reported Apr 12, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2017Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-90.
- Apr 12, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
- Mar 8, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 8, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 28, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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
- Mar 15, 2017H.R. 1258, HSA Technical Corrections ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 8, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 35, February 28, 2017, page H1393.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make technical corrections to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- HSA Technical Corrections Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- HSA Technical Corrections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2017Reported in House
- Feb 28, 2017Introduced in House
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