US Congress House Bill 1563 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue orders applicable to manufacturers of concrete masonry products (concrete). Requires any such order to provide for the establishment of a Concrete Masonry Products Board, which shall carry out a program of promotion, research, and information regarding concrete products. Requires manufacturers and importers to maintain, and make available, specified records. Requires any such order to provide that assessments shall be paid by concrete manufacturers with respect to concrete manufactured and marketed in the United States. Provides assessment rates. Requires at least 50% of the assessments paid by a manufacturer to be used to support research, education, and promotion plans and projects in support of the geographic region of the manufacturer. Directs the Secretary, during the 60-day period preceding the proposed effective date of an order, to conduct a referendum for order approval among the manufacturers required to pay assessments under the order. Outlines referendum procedures. Provides for petition and review of an order, and order enforcement through U.S. district courts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct appropriate investigations in order to administer this Act (with power of subpoena). Directs the Secretary to suspend or terminate any order or provision that obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the purposes of this Act, or that is not favored by persons voting in a referendum.

Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2013

Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Vance McAllister [R-LA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2013-04-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB429 (Related) 2014-12-12 - By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-319.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1563/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1563/BILLS-113hr1563ih.pdf