International Science and Technology Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
International Science and Technology Act - Title I: Short Title, Declaration of Policy, and Definitions - States it to be the purpose of this Act to insure fuller international usage of earth-orbiting satellites and the data obtained from them for the benefit of all nations. Title II: Federal Coordination Planning and Regulation - Establishes the semiautonomous International Science and Technology Transfer Institute. Describes the membership of its Advisory Council, to be chaired by the Director of the National Science Foundation. Directs the Council to advise the Institute on standards and procedures concerning using the Institute's communication center and the communication center of any less developed country to provide support for and encourage the transfer of science, technology, culture, and other information from such less developed country to researchers and institutions in the United States. Directs the Institute to monitor discoveries and research, including satellite application thereof. Permits the transfer of Institute information to less developed countries if such countries abide by the qualifications set forth in this Act. Permits technical and financial assistance for establishments in less developed countries to communication centers to receive information from the Institute's communication center. Directs the Institute to transmit to less developed friendly countries which have a communication center for the purposes of this Act recommendations constituting a technology assessment for any project in that country which uses information transmitted from the Institute's communication center pursuant to this Act. Authorizes participation in the program provided under this Act by Columbia, Indonesia, and the Arab countries. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on August 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 August 6, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
- 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?
RICHARD HANNA (D-CA) introduced it on August 6, 1974, and 4 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 1 Democrat, 3 Republicans.
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 August 6, 1974, 19028 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19028 days ago, on August 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