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United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2014

Introduced: June 18, 2014 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
Jun 19, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jun 19, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jun 18, 2014
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, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1011)
Jun 18, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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's happening now June 24, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.

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