RESPECT Act
Latest action · Dec 4, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native 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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2017
- Passed SenateNov 29, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act
(Sec. 2) This bill repeals outdated provisions regarding treatment of Native Americans, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 8, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Feb 8, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2017Markup Mar 29, 2017Reported May 24, 2017 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 30, 2017 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Dec 4, 2017 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
- Nov 30, 2017Received in the House.
- Nov 30, 2017Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 30, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Nov 29, 2017Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7497; text: CR S7497)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7497Text printed S7497 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Nov 29, 2017 |
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
- Apr 13, 2017S. 343, RESPECT ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 29, 2017
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2071 | Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 21, 2019 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act
- RESPECT Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- RESPECT Act
- Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- RESPECT Act
- Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2017Referred in House
- Nov 29, 2017Engrossed in Senate
- May 24, 2017Reported to Senate
- Feb 8, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
