H.R. 6456 - To Provide for Extensions of Certain Authorities of the Department of State, and for Other Purposes.

To Provide for Extensions of Certain Authorities of the Department of State, and for Other Purposes.

H.R. 6456 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary

To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

Sponsor

Howard Berman

Co-Sponsors

• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Subjects

• Foreign policy
• Afghanistan
• Alien labor
• American Samoa
• Civil service retirement
• Department of State
• Executive departments
• Federal employees
• Foreign service
• Government contractors
• Government employees
• Government travel
• Guam
• Immigration
• International broadcasting
• Iraq
• Iraq compilation
• Labor
• Leave of absence
• Middle East and North Africa
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Pensions
• Protection of officials
• Public contracts
• Puerto Rico
• Radio broadcasting
• Salaries
• South Asia
• Telecommunication
• Virgin Islands
• Visas

Related Bills

Major Actions

Introduced	7/10/2008
Referred to Committee
Passed House	7/30/2008
Passed Senate	9/08/2008
Signed by President	9/19/2008

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.	7/30/2008	PASSED by voice vote
currently selected	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.	9/08/2008	PASSED by voice vote

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	7/10/2008
		7/10/2008	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
		7/30/2008	Mr. Berman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
		7/30/2008	Considered under suspension of the rules.
		7/30/2008	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6456.
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	7/30/2008	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/31/2008	Received in the Senate.
		8/01/2008	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
		9/08/2008	Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
currently selected	Senate Vote on Passage	9/08/2008	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
	Presented to President	9/08/2008	Cleared for White House.
		9/09/2008	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
	Presented to President	9/11/2008	Presented to President.
	Signed	9/19/2008	Signed by President.
	Enacted	9/19/2008	Became Public Law No: 110-321.

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