HR 6374 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

FIT Act

Introduced Jul 13, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Scott Perry R-PA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 5, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 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.

  1. IntroducedJul 13, 2018
  2. Passed HouseSep 4, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018 or the FIT Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to adopt contractor fitness standards that reflect public trust concerns at each position risk level.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 13, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalJul 13, 2018

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred Jul 13, 2018Markup Jul 24, 2018Reported Sep 4, 2018
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee
Referred Jul 17, 2018Discharged Jul 24, 2018
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Sep 5, 2018

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 5, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Sep 4, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-913.
  3. Sep 4, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 709.
  4. Sep 4, 2018Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  5. Sep 4, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR S7799-7801)
  6. Sep 4, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6374.
  7. Sep 4, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7799-7800)
  8. Sep 4, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. Jul 24, 2018Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency Discharged.
  10. Jul 24, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  11. Jul 24, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  12. Jul 17, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
  13. Jul 13, 2018Introduced in House
  14. Jul 13, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

In the Congressional Record 2

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
ExtensionsCost estimates E1342Michael T. McCaul R-TXSep 28, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H7799–H7801Text printed H7799Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ, John Katko R-NY, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXSep 4, 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

  1. Sep 13, 2018H.R. 6374, Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018As passed by the House of Representatives on September 4, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution authorizes the Congress to enact laws providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. This legislation implements uniform fitness standards to ensure contract employees hired by the Department of Homeland Security posses the requisite character and qualifications to defend the country.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 118, July 13, 2018, page H6196.

Titles 7

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Department of Homeland Security to streamline Federal contractor fitness determinations, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
FIT Act
Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018
Short Titles as Reported to House
Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018
FIT Act
Short Titles as Passed House
FIT Act
Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 5, 2018Referred in Senate
  2. Sep 4, 2018Reported in House
  3. Sep 4, 2018Engrossed in House
  4. Jul 13, 2018Introduced in House

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