HR 5242 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018

Latest action · May 16, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 9, 2018
  2. Passed HouseMay 15, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Education to conduct and submit to Congress a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at public elementary and secondary schools.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2018 to Apr 16, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLBrian J. MastMar 14, 2018
R-CAStephen KnightMar 14, 2018
R-FLNeal P. DunnMar 23, 2018
R-INSusan W. BrooksMar 26, 2018
R-PALloyd SmuckerMar 29, 2018
R-COMike CoffmanMar 29, 2018
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterApr 2, 2018
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerApr 5, 2018
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithApr 16, 2018
R-ILRodney DavisApr 16, 2018

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 9, 2018
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 9, 2018
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Apr 30, 2018
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred May 16, 2018

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 16, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. May 15, 2018Mr. Rokita moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. May 15, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3947-3949)
  4. May 15, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5242.
  5. May 15, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3948)
  6. May 15, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Apr 30, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  8. Mar 9, 2018Introduced in House
  9. Mar 9, 2018Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3947–H3949Text printed H3948Clay Higgins R-LA, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Todd Rokita R-INMay 15, 2018

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S.C. Art. 1, Sec 8, Cl 18.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 42, March 9, 2018, page H1507.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to conduct a survey of all public schools to determine the number of school resource officers at such schools.
Short Titles as Introduced
School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018
Short Titles as Passed House
School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 16, 2018Referred in Senate
  2. May 15, 2018Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 9, 2018Introduced in House

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