To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide for a definition of the term "State" and to include territories therein, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 23, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill provides that, in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the term "state" shall include any U.S. territory, unless the statute, rule, regulation, or interpretation explicitly excludes the territories from the definition of the term or otherwise precludes their inclusion.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 28, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Apr 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 | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 51, March 23, 2017, page H2370.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 406 | To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide for a definition of the term "State" and to include territories therein, and for other purposes. | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 9, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide for a definition of the term "State" and to include territories therein, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced 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.
