HR 2229 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

First Responders Passport Act of 2019

Introduced Apr 10, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Steve Chabot R-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 25, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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. IntroducedApr 10, 2019
  2. Passed HouseSep 24, 2019
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

First Responders Passport Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the Department of State to waive passport fees for an individual operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to travel abroad within the first seven days after a natural disaster to aid a foreign country suffering from the natural disaster.

The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2019 to Sep 24, 2019, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalApr 10, 2019
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalApr 10, 2019
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalApr 10, 2019
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalApr 10, 2019
R-AZDavid SchweikertOriginalApr 10, 2019
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalApr 10, 2019
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalApr 10, 2019
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalApr 10, 2019
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalApr 10, 2019
R-LAGarret GravesOriginalApr 10, 2019
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalApr 10, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 10, 2019
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalApr 10, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalApr 10, 2019
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalApr 10, 2019
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Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  2. Sep 24, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7874-7875)
  3. Sep 24, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2229.
  4. Sep 24, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Sep 24, 2019Mr. Levin (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2019Referred in Senate
  2. Sep 24, 2019Engrossed in House
  3. Apr 10, 2019Introduced in House

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