US HB3823 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

US Congress House Bill 3823 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes. This bill authorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, until December 31, 2017, to appoint qualified candidates to positions that would likely allow increased activities relating to pipeline safety without regard to federal examination, selection, and placement provisions. The Administration shall submit to Congress a report annually through 2017 on its efforts to hire women, minorities, and veterans as inspectors since January 1, 2012.

Title

To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-10-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2015-10-23	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-10-23	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-10-23	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2015-10-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2015-10-23	House	Introduced in House