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H.Con.Res. 40 · 118th CongressIn committee

Expressing support for local law enforcement officers and condemning efforts to defund or dismantle local law enforcement agencies.

Latest action. Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · May 30, 2023

Live record from Congress.gov, updated as the official record changes.
What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

This concurrent resolution recognizes local law enforcement officers and condemns calls to defund or abolish the police.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House" stage on May 18, 2023. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Introduced
May 5, 2023
In committee
May 30, 2023
Passed a chamber
Cleared Congress
Enacted
Where this sits in the process
Common questions
Composed from the official record
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 May 30, 2023: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Adoption by the House
  2. 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?

Ken Buck (R-CO) introduced it on May 5, 2023, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They are 3 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 May 5, 2023, 1224 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 1199 days ago, on May 30, 2023.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 118th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2025 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

  1. House
    In committee, no floor vote yet
  2. Senate
    Awaits House passage
  3. President
    Awaits both chambers
No recorded votes yet
No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.