Anti-Inflation Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Anti-Inflation Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to contribute to the moderation of inflation without incurring the drawbacks of mandatory controls by authorizing a Cost of Living Council within the executive branch to take appropriate actions to assure that the Government's direct impact on prices and wages is less inflationary, and to encourage private parties and local and State governments to adjust their policies and practices to contribute to a less inflationary economy. Provides that the Cost of Living Council shall: (1) review the programs and activities of Federal departments and agencies and the private sector which may cause increases in prices and make recommendations for changes in such programs and activities, to restrain prices by increasing supply and otherwise; (2) review industrial capacity, demand, and supply in various sectors of the economy, working with the industrial groups concerned and appropriate governmental agencies to encourage price restraint; (3) improve wage and price data bases for the various sectors of the economy to improve collective bargaining and encourage price restraint; (4) conduct public hearings when appropriate to provide for public scrutiny of inflationary problems in various sectors of the economy; (5) focus attention on the need to increase productivity on both the public and private sectors of the economy; (6) monitor the economy as a whole, including such matters as wages, costs, productivity, prices, sales, profits, imports, and exports; and (7) conduct a continuing review of the effect of economic concentration and anticompetitive practices on price and wage inflation and recommend legislation and other appropriate action to reduce the impact of such concentration or practices on inflation. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum necessary to carry out the provisions of 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 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 August 13, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
- 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?
CLARENCE MILLER (R-OH) introduced it on August 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 August 13, 1974, 19021 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19021 days ago, on August 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