HR 1702 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Free Veterans from Fees Act

Introduced Mar 12, 2019 Originated House Sponsor W. Gregory Steube R-FL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 22, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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 12, 2019
  2. Passed HouseSep 21, 2020
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Free Veterans from Fees Act

This bill waives the application fee for any special use permit solely for a veterans special event at war memorials on land administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2019 to Sep 24, 2019; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalMar 12, 2019
R-CATom McClintockOriginalMar 12, 2019
D-HITulsi GabbardOriginalMar 12, 2019
R-FLRoss SpanoMar 25, 2019
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyApr 10, 2019
R-FLMatt GaetzApr 18, 2019
R-FLMichael WaltzMay 14, 2019
R-TXDan CrenshawJun 21, 2019
R-NEDon BaconAug 30, 2019
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerAug 30, 2019
D-CATj CoxSep 24, 2019

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 12, 2019Markup Jan 15, 2020Reported Sep 8, 2020
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Apr 8, 2019Hearings Dec 4, 2019Discharged Jan 15, 2020
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Sep 22, 2020

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Sep 21, 2020Ms. Haaland moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Sep 21, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4567-4568)
  4. Sep 21, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1702.
  5. Sep 21, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4567)
  6. Sep 21, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Sep 21, 2020The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  8. Sep 8, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-490.
  9. Sep 8, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392.
  10. Jan 15, 2020Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
  11. Jan 15, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  12. Jan 15, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  13. Dec 4, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  14. Apr 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
  15. Mar 12, 2019Introduced in House
  16. Mar 12, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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 H4567Text printed H4567Debra A. Haaland D-NM, Liz Cheney R-WY, W. Gregory Steube R-FLSep 21, 2020

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. Feb 18, 2020H.R. 1702, Free Veterans From Fees ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States, but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 44, March 12, 2019, page H2681.

Titles 6

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

Official Title as Introduced
To waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land, and for other purposes.
Official Titles as Amended by House
Waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans' special events at war memorials on land administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Free Veterans from Fees Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Free Veterans from Fees Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Free Veterans from Fees Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Free Veterans from Fees Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2020Referred in Senate
  2. Sep 21, 2020Engrossed in House
  3. Sep 8, 2020Reported in House
  4. Mar 12, 2019Introduced in House

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