Stopping Executive Overreach on Military Appropriations Act
Latest action · Oct 24, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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.
- IntroducedOct 24, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stopping Executive Overreach on Military Appropriations Act
This bill requires congressional approval for military construction projects commenced pursuant to a declaration of a national emergency, prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from expending funds for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, requires the return of DOD funds shifted to wall construction, and requires an ethics review of private contracts related to such construction.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 24, 2019 to Feb 24, 2020, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Oct 24, 2019 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Oct 24, 2019 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Oct 24, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Oct 24, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Feb 4, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Feb 4, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Feb 24, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Oct 24, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal officials
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government studies and investigations
- Latin America
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Mexico
- Military facilities and property
- Military operations and strategy
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2019Introduced in Senate
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