A joint resolution calling for mutual and verifiable reductions in nuclear arsenals and expressing the full support of the Congress for the two on-going arms reduction negotiations in Geneva between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. These negotiations are directed toward achieving substantial, verifiable, equitable and militarily significant reductions in the nuclear arsenals of the world's two superpowers, thereby reducing the dangers of nuclear war.

4 steps remain before this joint resolution could become law.

The record's latest action, on March 2, 1983: Committee Hearings Held.

1. Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
2. Passage by the House
3. Passage by the Senate
4. The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.

A joint resolution travels the same road as a bill: both chambers pass it and the President signs it, and it then has the same force as any other law. The label is largely a matter of custom, often used for narrow or time-limited measures.

One exception matters. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution is not sent to the President at all. It goes to the states, and three quarters of them have to ratify it.

Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.

In the 98th Congress (1983-84), 623 of the 10,560 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 5.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.

This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.

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.

WILLIAM BROOMFIELD (R-MI) introduced it on January 3, 1983, and 51 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They come from both major parties: 11 Democrats, 39 Republicans, 1 independent.

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.

It was introduced on January 3, 1983, 15956 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 15898 days ago, on March 2, 1983.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 98th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1985 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.