Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1986
Latest action. Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #333 (416-4)) Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1986 - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to research the cause of declining domestic forest productivity related to atmospheric pollution through a ten-year program. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee and coordinate the program with other governmental and private efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress and the President at specified intervals on the existing research and the need for additional research and monitoring of forest decline. Requires a final report to be submitted not later than ten years after the initial program report.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on August 13, 1986. 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 14, 1986: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
- 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 99th Congress (1985-86), 666 of the 9,885 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.7 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?
CHARLES WHITLEY (D-NC) introduced it on May 23, 1985, and 13 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 9 Democrats, 4 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 May 23, 1985, 15133 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 14685 days ago, on August 14, 1986.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 99th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1987 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