Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019
Latest action · Dec 10, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJul 10, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to develop and conduct a collective-response-to-terrorism exercise that includes managing cascading effects on critical infrastructure, such as an extreme cold-weather event caused by a polar vortex.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2019 to Jul 23, 2019; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Jul 10, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jul 10, 2019 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Jul 10, 2019 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Jul 10, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Jul 10, 2019 |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Original | Jul 10, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jul 10, 2019 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Jul 23, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 10, 2019Markup Jul 17, 2019Reported Nov 22, 2019 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 10, 2019 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Dec 9, 2019Ms. Slotkin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 9, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9377-9378)
- Dec 9, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3669.
- Dec 9, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9377)
- Dec 9, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 22, 2019Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-308.
- Nov 22, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.
- Jul 17, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 17, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 10, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9377, H9378Text printed H9377 | Clay Higgins R-LA, Elissa Slotkin D-MI | Dec 9, 2019 |
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
- Aug 6, 2019H.R. 3669, Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 17, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 115, July 10, 2019, page H5584.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2019Referred in Senate
- Dec 9, 2019Engrossed in House
- Nov 22, 2019Reported in House
- Jul 10, 2019Introduced in House
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.
