A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to provide food stamps to certain households which include an able-bodied adult person who is a member of a labor union and is refusing to work at a plant or site subject to strike or lockout.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Defines "refusal to accept employment" for purposes of the Food Stamp Act with respect to able-bodied adult persons who are members of a labor union and who refuse to work at a plant or site subject to a strike or lockout. States that except where a person who is a member of a labor union and works at a plant or site subject to a strike or lockout has less than $1,500 in liquid assets, proper negotiations have been conducted between the employer and the union, and a Federal arbitrator has certified that the union has made every honest attempt at fair collective bargaining, refusal to work at such plant or site for the duration of such strike or lockout shall be deemed to be a refusal to accept employment. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2014(c))
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 23, 1974. 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 January 23, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
- 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?
LAWRENCE WILLIAMS (R-PA) introduced it on January 23, 1974. 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 January 23, 1974, 19223 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19223 days ago, on January 23, 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.
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