United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2014
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 18, 2014)
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2014 - Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites.
Directs the Commission to examine: (1) government and private security practices and proposals, building design, public space management, counterterrorism needs, and refurbishment of existing federal facilities; (2) the effect of access to public facilities and spaces on free speech, the right to petition the government, other constitutional rights and civil liberties, economies of affected jurisdictions, architectural aesthetics, traffic and congestion, and employee job performance; (3) technology to augment or replace traditional modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access.
What just happenedJun 24, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 18, 2014
- Jun 24, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
- Jun 19, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Jun 19, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jun 18, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
- Jun 18, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
- Jun 18, 2014IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1011)
- Jun 18, 2014IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 18, 2014IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House