A bill to amend Public Law 92-477, authorizing at Government expense the transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings, in place of household and personal effects, of members in a missing status, and the additional movements of dependents and effects, or trailers, of those members in such a status for more than 1 year, to make it retroactive to February 28, 1961.
Latest action. Measure passed House, amended.
(LATEST SUMMARY) Makes retroactive to February 28, 1961, the Federal law authorizing, at Government expense, the transportation of housetrailers or mobile dwellings, in place of household and personal effects, of members of the armed forces in a missing status, and the additional movements of dependents and effects, or trailers, of those members in such a status for more than one year. Requires the presentation of claims by January 1, 1977, or 10 years from the date the claim accrued, whichever is later.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on December 16, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
2 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on December 16, 1974: Measure passed House, amended.
- 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: 2 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?
FELIX HEBERT (D-LA) introduced it on March 13, 1974, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
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, 19174 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18896 days ago, on December 16, 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
- HousePassed
- SenateAwaiting Senate vote
- PresidentAwaits both chambers