DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021
Latest action · Apr 6, 2022 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 16, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 5, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021
This bill establishes the DHS Trade and Economic Security Council, which shall provide trade and economic security advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This includes identifying concentrated risks and setting priorities for protecting the nation's trade and economic security.
The bill also establishes the position of Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security within DHS's Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 112 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed348–75 | Apr 5, 2022 |
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 16, 2021 to Dec 14, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Jul 16, 2021 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Dec 14, 2021 |
Committees 3
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 16, 2021Markup Oct 26, 2021Reported Feb 1, 2022 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2021Discharged Oct 26, 2021 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2021Discharged Feb 1, 2022 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jul 19, 2021 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2022 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 5, 2022Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 5, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4168-4170)
- Apr 5, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4476.
- Apr 5, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 5, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4181-4182)
- Apr 5, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 348 - 75 (Roll no. 112). (text: CR H4168-4169)
- Apr 5, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 1, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-239, Part I.
- Feb 1, 2022Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Feb 1, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 172.
- Oct 26, 2021Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.
- Oct 26, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 26, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Jul 17, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Jul 16, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 2021Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2
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 E364 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 6, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4167, H4168–H4170Text printed H4168Recorded votes H4181enactLists H4182Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 4476, DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act | August Pfluger R-TX, Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ, John Katko R-NY, Peter Meijer R-MI | Apr 5, 2022 |
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
- Jan 27, 2022H.R. 4476, DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 26, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 125, July 16, 2021, page H3633.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4243 | DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2022 | Related bill | Nov 17, 2022 |
| HR 7776 | James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 | Related bill | Dec 23, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Trade and Economic Security Council and the position of Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Referred in Senate
- Apr 5, 2022Engrossed in House
- Feb 1, 2022Reported in House
- Jul 16, 2021Introduced 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.
