A bill to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Measure by unanimous consentDoing business by universal agreement instead of votes. Most Senate floor action happens this way, which is why a single objecting senator has real power.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) reconsidered and repassed in Senate with amendments.
(LATEST SUMMARY) Provides for the addition of the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People. Requires the Committee to meet semiannually. Requires a group of fourteen, in addition to the chairman, each representing one of the members, to meet at least six times a year. Requires the Committee to advise and assist Spanish-Speaking and Spanish surnamed people in receiving assistance available by law. Provides that the chairman and vice chairman of the Advisory Council on Spanish-Speaking Americans shall be designated by the President. Requires the chairman of the Committee to call a meeting of the Advisory Council at least quarterly. Provides that no part of any funds authorized to carry out this Act shall be used to finance any activities designed to influence the outcome of any election to Federal office or any voter registration activity, or to pay the salary of the Chairman or any employee of the Committee after the date on which such persons engage in such activity. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 the amount of $1,000,000 and for fiscal year 1975 the amount of $1,000,000.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate amended" stage on December 17, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Measure by unanimous consent reconsidered and repassed in Senate with amendments.
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The record's latest action, on December 17, 1974: Measure by unanimous consent reconsidered and repassed in Senate with amendments.
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In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 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.
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Has anyone actually voted on it?
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Who is behind it?
CHET HOLIFIELD (D-CA) introduced it on September 19, 1973, and 19 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 8 Democrats, 11 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 September 19, 1973, 19349 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18895 days ago, on December 17, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseMeasure by unanimous consent reconsidered and repassed in Senate with amendments.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action