A concurrent resolution disapproving certain regulations submitted to the Congress on March 16, 1979, with respect to the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Expresses the disapproval of the Congress concerning certain regulations submitted to the Congress by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare amending the family contribution schedules for use in 1979-1980 under the basic educational opportunity grant program (under the Higher Education Act of 1965) because such regulations fail to implement changes made by the Middle Income Student Assistance Act regarding the making of such grants to independent students for the school year 1979-1980.
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 22, 1979. 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 22, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 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?
WILLIAM FORD (D-MI) introduced it on March 22, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 22, 1979, 17339 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17339 days ago, on March 22, 1979.
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