A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Energy revise its allocation regulations with regard to existing retail outlets.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Energy should: (1) impose a moratorium on gasoline allocations to retail outlets not in existence or in the process of being established as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) revise the gasoline allocation regulations to provide simplicity, flexibility, and understandability, and to prevent unnecessary market disruptions; and (3) submit to the Congress a plan for reducing the number of pending cases and expediting future cases before it.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 4, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
A concurrent resolution needs both chambers to adopt it, and is then done. It is not sent to the President and does not become law.
The record's latest action, on March 4, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- Adoption by the House
- Adoption by the Senate
What is a concurrent resolution, exactly?
A concurrent resolution is how the two chambers agree on something between themselves, such as a budget framework or the date they adjourn. Both chambers adopt it, the President plays no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
JERRY LEWIS (R-CA) introduced it on March 4, 1980, and 27 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 13 Democrats, 14 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 4, 1980, 16991 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16991 days ago, on March 4, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
That deadline applies to this measure too, even though it was never headed for the President's desk.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers