HR 4957 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

Department of Labor Succession Act

Latest action · Oct 25, 2023 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 204.

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. IntroducedJul 27, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2023 to Sep 27, 2023; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-ILMary E. MillerSep 27, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 27, 2023Markup Sep 14, 2023Reported Oct 25, 2023

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 25, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-254.
  2. Oct 25, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 204.
  3. Sep 14, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. Sep 14, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 19.
  5. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
  6. Jul 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H310Kevin Kiley R-CAJan 30, 2024
HouseDebate and remarks H105Kevin Kiley R-CAJan 11, 2024

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

  1. Sep 27, 2023H.R. 4957, Department of Labor Succession ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 14, 2023

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor, and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 130, July 27, 2023, page H4142.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 118-35TURBULENCE AHEAD: CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYING A LONG-TERM FAA BILL114 pagesTransportation and Infrastructure CommitteeNov 30, 2023

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Department of Labor Succession Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Department of Labor Succession Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 25, 2023Reported in House
  2. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House

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