A bill to establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Establishes an independent American Revolution Bicentennial Administration to coordinate, facilitate, and aid in the scheduling of events and projects of local, State, national, and international significance in commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial. Specifies the duties of the Administrator of such Administration. Establishes an American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Board to assist the Administration in its duties under this Act. Provides that in order to assure a balanced program for the bicentennial commemoration, encompassing the themes of Heritage '76, Festival USA, and Horizons '76, the Administration shall prepare the master calender of events which will take place between July 1975 and September 1976. Directs the following persons to cooperate with the Administrator in specified aspects of his responsibilities: the Chairmen of the Federal Council of the Arts and Humanities, of the National Endowment for the Arts, and of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Archivist of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Creates a Joint Committee on the American Revolution Bicentennial to make a continuing study of the Administration, and to make periodic reports to the House and Senate. Abolishes the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on February 7, 1973. 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 February 7, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
- 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?
GERALD FORD (R-MI) introduced it on February 7, 1973, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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 February 7, 1973, 19573 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19573 days ago, on February 7, 1973.
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