A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, in order to establish a Joint Committee on Energy.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Establishes a Joint Committee on Energy to be composed of fourteen Members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and fourteen Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Directs the Joint Committee to make continuing studies of the activities of the Atomic Energy Commission, and of problems relating to the development, use, and control of atomic energy, excluding all aspects of the licensing and related regulatory activities of the Atomic Energy Commission other than those involving the common defense and security or research and development. Requires the Commission to keep the Joint Committee fully and currently informed of the Commission's activities, other than the excluded licensing and related regulatory aspects. Directs the Department of Defense and any other Government agency to keep the Joint Committee fully and currently informed with respect to all activities of such agency relating to the development utilization, or application of atomic energy.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on April 3, 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 April 3, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
- 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?
ORVAL HANSEN (R-ID) introduced it on April 3, 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 April 3, 1974, 19153 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19153 days ago, on April 3, 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