A bill to amend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to rollback the price of propane gas.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Requires, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, that in administering any pricing authority the President shall, by rule, provide for equitable allocation of costs among different petroleum products, including propane gas. Provides that only costs directly related to the production of liquefied petroleum gas may be allocated by any producer to such gas for purposes of establishing any price for such gas. Requires that a base period price, reflecting the highest price of the refiner between December 1, 1972, and January 31, 1973, be established and that increases in that base price consist of a dollar for dollar pass-through of the proportionate costs incurred by the refiner for that petroleum product. Requires that any reduction in the price of liquefied petroleum shall be passed through on a dollar-for-dollar basis to any subsequent purchaser, reseller, or final consumer in the United States.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on February 6, 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 February 6, 1974: 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?
GENE TAYLOR (R-MO) introduced it on February 6, 1974, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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 February 6, 1974, 19256 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19256 days ago, on February 6, 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