A bill to provide for disclosure of certain information by certain persons making charitable solicitations by use of instrumentalities of interstate commerce.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Provides that no person or organization shall directly or indirectly use any instrumentality of interstate commerce to make any solicitation for contributions for any charitable purpose unless the solicitation materials contain the following statement: "Recipients of this solicitation may receive pertinent information about it and the person making the solicitation by sending a request and a self-addressed, stamped envelope within one hundred and eighty days after receipt of this solicitation to (insert the name and address of the person making the solicitation)." Requires that the answer to such a request be sent in writing within thirty days and contain: (1) the solicitor's name and address; (2) the organization's purpose; (3) the purpose for which the contributions shall be used; (4) the financial terms of any agreement or contract between the solicitor and the organization on whose behalf the solicitation is made; (5) the total income and total expenditures of the solicitor; (6) a statement as to whether the contribution being solicited is deductable for Federal income tax purposes; (7) the names and addresses of the individuals responsible for the custody and final distribution of the contributions; and (8) any other information which the Secretary of Commerce determines is necessary to carry out this Act. Provides penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act or the falsification of information required by this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on December 17, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on December 17, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
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 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.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
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?
LIONEL VAN DEERLIN (D-CA) introduced it on December 17, 1973. 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 December 17, 1973, 19307 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19307 days ago, on December 17, 1973.
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.
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