Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018
Latest action · Jun 26, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill limits a financial institution's liability for maintaining a customer account in compliance with a written request by a federal, state, tribal, or local law enforcement agency. A federal or state agency may not take an adverse supervisory action against a financial institution with respect to maintaining an account consistent with such a request.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 290 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed379–4 | Jun 25, 2018 |
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2018 to Jun 21, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | May 11, 2018 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jun 21, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Trey Hollingsworth | Jun 21, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 11, 2018Markup Jun 7, 2018Reported Jun 25, 2018 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2018 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Jun 25, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-780.
- Jun 25, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 606.
- Jun 25, 2018Mr. Hill moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 25, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5585-5586)
- Jun 25, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5783.
- Jun 25, 2018At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jun 25, 2018Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5621-5622)
- Jun 25, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 4 (Roll no. 290). (text: CR H5585-5586)
- Jun 25, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 7, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 7, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 55 - 0.
- May 11, 2018Introduced in House
- May 11, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5585, H5586Text printed H5585Recorded votes H5621enact | J. French Hill R-AR, Keith Ellison D-MN | Jun 25, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 24, 2018H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018As passed by the House of Representatives on June 25, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 77, May 11, 2018, page H3935.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45308 | JOBS and Investor Confidence Act (House-Amended S. 488): Capital Markets Provisions Archived | Report | Sep 7, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 488 | Encouraging Employee Ownership Act | Related bill | Jul 18, 2018 |
| S 3045 | Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 11, 2018 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a Federal or State law enforcement agency.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 25, 2018Reported in House
- Jun 25, 2018Engrossed in House
- May 11, 2018Introduced 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.
