A bill to amend the Administrative Procedure Act to allow affected parties a fair opportunity to comment upon notices of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register, to allow for the orderly extension of time for the filing of comments and for the holding of hearings regarding contested matters, and to assure affected parties of full and fair opportunity to comment upon Federal agency rulemaking.

4 steps remain before this bill could become law.

The record's latest action, on October 22, 1975: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

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 94th Congress (1975-76), 588 of the 21,097 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 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.

THOMAS KINDNESS (R-OH) introduced it on October 22, 1975. 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.

It was introduced on October 22, 1975, 18586 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18586 days ago, on October 22, 1975.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 94th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1977 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.