About the bill
The last bill President Obama signed was H.R. 39 in the 115th Congress, a successor to this bill, the Tested Ability to Leverage Exceptional National Talent Act, or the TALENT Act. It is now Public Law 115–1.
What the law does
President Obama launched the Presidential Innovation Fellows Program in 2012, to recruit private sector software engineers, designers and others into the public sector for 12-month stints to improve the usability of governmental programs and websites.
Obama highlighted some of the improvements the fellows had brought about during ...
Sponsor and status
- Introduced:
Jul 7, 2016
114th Congress, 2015–2017- Status:
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Died in a previous Congress
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on July 12, 2016 but was never passed by the Senate.
History
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Jul 7, 2016
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jul 12, 2016
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Jan 20, 2017
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Reintroduced Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 39. |
H.R. 5658 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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