Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act
Public Law 114-72 · H.R. 3116 · 114th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Oct 22, 2015 · Commerce
Sponsor: Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA-33)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
(Sec. 2) This bill extends the authority of the Department of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program through September 30, 2030, under which Commerce collects and publishes quarterly financial statistics of business operations, organization, practices, management, and relation to other businesses, including data on sales, expenses, assets, liabilities, and other measures of financial condition.
(Sec. 3) Commerce must conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a review of the data security procedures of the Bureau of the Census. Such report shall:
• identify all Bureau information systems that contain sensitive information;
• describe any actions carried out by Commerce or the Bureau to secure sensitive information since the data breaches of Office of Personnel Management systems were announced in 2015;
• identify any known data breaches of Bureau information systems that contain sensitive information; and
• identify whether the Bureau stores any information that, if combined with other information, would comprise classified information.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Related bills
1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.
S. 1868Related bill
Quarterly Financial Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 24 actions.
- Oct 22, 2015Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 114-72.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Oct 21, 2015Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Chaffetz asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 7, 2015FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 6, 2015FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 25, 2015CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sep 24, 2015FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3116.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 29, 2015CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-237.
- Jul 23, 2015CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 22, 2015CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 20, 2015CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes
Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.
Amendments
1 amendment offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.
- Agreed to
S.Amdt. 2710SenateSen. Ben SasseR-NE· offered Oct 6, 2015Agreed to
To protect privacy for the American public.
Oct 6, 2015: Amendment SA 2710 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.