Honoring Real Patriots Act of 2017
Latest action · Oct 17, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
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.
- IntroducedAug 18, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Honoring Real Patriots Act of 2017
This bill states that it is the policy of the United States that no military installation or other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense (DOD) shall be or remain named after any individual who took up arms against the United States during the American Civil War or any individual or entity that supported such efforts.
Not later than one year after the enactment of this bill, DOD shall change the name of each military installation and other property under its jurisdiction that is named after any individual who took up arms against the United States during the American Civil War or is named after any individual or entity that supported such efforts.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 18, 2017 to Aug 29, 2017; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Aug 18, 2017 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Aug 29, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Aug 18, 2017 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Referred Oct 17, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Aug 18, 2017Introduced in House
- Aug 18, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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. 137, August 18, 2017, page H6612.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Defense to change the name of any military installation or other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense that is currently named after any individual who took up arms against the United States during the American Civil War or any individual or entity that supported such efforts.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Honoring Real Patriots Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 18, 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.
