In Situ Oil Shale Technology Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
In Situ Oil Shale Technology Act - Establishes the In Situ Oil Shale Technology Corporation. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select the best technically, environmentally, and economically feasible nonnuclear in situ methods for producing a syncrude from oil shale. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain demonstration-type facilities for such methods selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for such methods demonstrated, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce a syncrude from oil shale by such method. Requires all research, development, demonstration, or projects contracted for, sponsored, or cosponsored by the Corporation pursuant to this Act, to require as a condition of Federal participation that all information resulting in whole or in part from federally assisted research shall be made available at the earliest possible date to the general public. Directs that on or before the expiration of ten years following the date of the enactment of this section, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall take such action as may be necessary to dissolve the Corporation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make available to the Corporation established by this Act Federal lands under his jurisdiction for the purposes of the Corporation. Authorizes appropriation to the Corporation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Corporation.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 13, 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 March 13, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
- 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?
WAYNE OWENS (D-UT) introduced it on March 13, 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 March 13, 1974, 19221 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19221 days ago, on March 13, 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