United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 20, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
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.
- IntroducedSep 11, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2019
This bill establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites.
The commission shall examine (1) government and private security practices and proposals, building design, public space management, counterterrorism needs, and refurbishment of existing federal facilities; (2) the effect of access to public facilities and spaces on constitutional rights and civil liberties, economies of affected jurisdictions, architectural aesthetics, traffic and congestion, and employee job performance; (3) technology to augment or replace traditional modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2019 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Sep 12, 2019 | |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Sep 12, 2019 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2019 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2019 | |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Sep 20, 2019 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Sep 19, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Sep 12, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Sep 12, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Sep 11, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1132)
- Sep 11, 2019Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1132 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Sep 11, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 145, September 11, 2019, page H7665.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 770 | United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 4, 2021 |
| HR 3753 | United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Sep 19, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 11, 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.
