A bill to designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Boris Nemtsov Plaza", and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 26, 2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156.
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 27, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
(Sec. 1) This bill: (1) designates the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue and Davis Street and Wisconsin Avenue and Edmunds Street in northwest Washington, DC as "Boris Nemtsov Plaza," and (2) redesignates the address of 2650 Wisconsin Avenue in northwest DC as "1 Boris Nemtsov Plaza."
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2017 to Sep 19, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | John McCain | Feb 28, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Mar 15, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | May 10, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 5, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Sep 19, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2017Markup May 17, 2017Reported Jun 26, 2017 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-119.
- Jun 26, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156.
- May 17, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 27, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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
- Jun 13, 2017S. 459, a bill to designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as “Boris Nemtsov Plaza”, and forAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 17, 2017
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN RUSSIA: NO END IN SIGHT62 pages | Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) | Apr 26, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1863 | To designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Boris Nemtsov Plaza", and for other purposes. | Identical bill | Apr 3, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Boris Nemtsov Plaza", and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2017Reported to Senate
- Feb 27, 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.
