HR 4361
114th Congress
Latest action 2016-07-07: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
This bill number also appears in other loaded Congresses: 119th, 118th, 117th, 116th, 115th, 113th, 112th, 111th, 110th, 109th, 108th (bill numbers are reused each Congress, so these are different bills).
Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 bill
- sponsor
- Gary J. Palmer
- introduced
- 2016-01-11
- policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- referred to
- Oversight and Accountability Committee; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- cosponsors
- 1
- lobbying filings citing it
- 0
- money facing its subject
- the record
- no source link on the row
30 CRS legislative subjects, as written
Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Administrative remedies, Competition and antitrust, Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits, Computer security and identity theft, Computers and information technology, Congressional oversight, Department of the Treasury, Economic performance and conditions, Elections, voting, political campaign regulation, Employee hiring, Employee leave, Employee performance, Federal officials, Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management, Government ethics and transparency, public corruption, Government information and archives, Inflation and prices, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Internet and video services, Internet, web applications, social media, Labor-management relations, Licensing and registrations, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Performance measurement, Pornography, Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents, Small business, Tax administration and collection, taxpayers, Unemployment
Actions: 41 on the record
The record's own timeline, word for word, newest first. An action that names a committee links to it.
| date | type | action, as written | committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-11 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | |
| 2016-01-11 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | |
| 2016-01-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2016-03-01 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2016-03-01 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 16. | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2016-05-31 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-599. | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2016-05-31 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-599. | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2016-05-31 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 465. | |
| 2016-07-05 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 803 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4361 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Resolution also provides suspension authority through July 8, 2016. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 803 passed House. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 803. (consideration: CR H4334-4346) | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4361 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Resolution also provides suspension authority through July 8, 2016. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 803 and Rule XVIII. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | The Speaker designated the Honorable Randy Hultgren to act as Chairman of the Committee. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 4361. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 803, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Palmer amendment no. 1. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 803, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Posey amendment no. 2, as modified. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 803, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Norton amendment no. 3. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Norton amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced by voice vote that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Norton demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 803, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Watson Coleman amendment no. 5. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Watson Coleman amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced by voice vote that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Watson Coleman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Mr. Palmer moved that the Committee now rise. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | On motion that the Committee now rise Agreed to by voice vote. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4361 as unfinished business. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4449-4460) | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4361. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4451) | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4341-4344) | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Mr. Thompson (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Oversight and Government. (consideration: CR H4451-4459; text: CR H4451-4458) | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Thompson (CA) motion to recommit with instructions pending reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment which would bring to the floor H.R. 1076, Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015; the "No Fly, No Buy" legislation; and H.R. 1217, Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Point of order sustained against the motion to recommit with instructions. | |
| 2016-07-06 | ResolvingDifferences | Mr. Chaffetz raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contain provisions not germane to the bill. Sustained by the Chair. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Mr. Thompson (CA) appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Mr. Chaffetz moved to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair. | |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | On motion to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 182 (Roll no. 375). | |
| 2016-07-07 | Floor | Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 241 - 181 (Roll no. 376). | |
| 2016-07-07 | Floor | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 241 - 181 (Roll no. 376). | |
| 2016-07-07 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2016-07-07 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
Cosponsors: 1
In order of signing; an original cosponsor signed on introduction day. A withdrawal stays on the record, marked, never deleted.
| member | party | state | signed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Westerman | Republican | AR | 2016-02-26 |
Lobbying: 0 filings cite this bill
No lobbying filing in the years we collected cites this bill. That means we have not seen one, not that none exists; a filer may also describe a bill without a citation we can read. ‡ lobbying estimates
Money facing this bill
A giver's face is the list of subjects its organization lobbies Congress on, read from its own lobbying reports and spread by how often each subject comes up; a gift from someone who works there is spread the same way.
$994
measureMoney facing a bill's subject that reached its sponsors, version 3
subjectGovernment Operations and Politics
members counted2
members with a candidacy in 20162
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This is money tied to the bill's subject, not money given for or against the bill. It shows what an organization lobbies on, not what position it takes, and no gift is tied to a bill.
The members it reached, and who gave it
- Gary J. Palmer sponsor, Republican-AL
$927
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
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- Registered$180
CROWNE PARTNERS INC,
organization as filedCROWNE PARTNERS INC,
employer as filedCROWNE PARTNERS
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$180
ARONOV REALTY MANAGEMENT, INC.
organization as filedARONOV REALTY MANAGEMENT, INC.
employer as filedARONOV REALTY MANAGEMENT INC.
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$159
MCWANE INC
organization as filedMCWANE INC
employer as filedMCWANE INC.
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered
- Bruce Westerman cosponsor, Republican-AR
$66
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
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- Filed$24
DOMTAR CORPORATION
organization as filedDOMTAR CORPORATION
employer as filedDOMTAR
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm$14
S-3 GROUP
organization as filedS-3 GROUP
employer as filedS3 GROUP
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm$12
FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
organization as filedFIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
employer as filedFIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
The organizations are each member's three largest on this subject. A group of organizations is shown by name only after a person has reviewed it.
Money facing a bill's subject that reached its sponsors, version 3 · ‡ self-reported text ‡ small donors invisible ‡ lobbying estimates
Votes: 4 roll calls tied to this bill by the chambers' own documents
Tallies are the chambers' own published numbers. ‡ votes, not motives
| date | chamber | question | result | yeas | nays | record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-06 | house | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed | 183 | 239 | the chamber's document |
| 2016-07-06 | house | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed | 179 | 243 | the chamber's document |
| 2016-07-06 | house | On Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair | Passed | 240 | 182 | the chamber's document |
| 2016-07-07 | house | On Passage | Passed | 241 | 181 | the chamber's document |
Coverage: bills are loaded for Congresses 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119. We have not collected a Congress missing from that list, so its bills do not show here even though they exist. Lobbying citations cover the LDA years we collected; votes cover the loaded roll-call files. ‡ correlation, not purchase ‡ lobbying estimates ‡ votes, not motives