A bill to extend for an additional year the program of Federal financial assistance under title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and to provide that such financial assistance may be available for rail transportation of coal to regions or States which can use coal in greater quantities to meet the resource needs of powerplants and other industrial fuel users.

4 steps remain before this bill could become law.

The record's latest action, on May 9, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

1. Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
2. Passage by the House
3. Passage by the Senate
4. The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.

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 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 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.

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.

JAMES ABDNOR (R-SD) introduced it on May 9, 1979. 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.

It was introduced on May 9, 1979, 17291 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17291 days ago, on May 9, 1979.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.