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H.R. 4959 · 97th CongressStatus not classified

A bill to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to release a reverter interest of the United States in certain real property in Canandaigua, New York, previously conveyed by the United States to Sonnenberg Gardens, a nonprofit educational institution of the State of New York.

Latest action. Executive Comment Received From Department of Veterans AffairsThe department that provides health care, disability compensation, education benefits, and burial services to military veterans. Second largest by employment.Read the full definition (opens a new tab). · May 24, 1982

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What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey to a named nonprofit institution, without consideration, all right, title and interest of the United States in and to certain real property.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on November 12, 1981. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Latest action, as recorded
May 24, 1982

Executive Comment Received From VA.

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The record's latest action, on May 24, 1982: Executive Comment Received From VA.

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In the 97th Congress (1981-82), 473 of the 11,489 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.1 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.

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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.

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Who is behind it?

GARY LEE (R-NY) introduced it on November 12, 1981. No cosponsors are recorded.

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How long has it been in play?

It was introduced on November 12, 1981, 16420 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16227 days ago, on May 24, 1982.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 97th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1983 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.

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Vote history

  1. House
    Executive Comment Received From VA.
  2. Senate
    Not stated in the latest action
  3. President
    Not stated in the latest action
No recorded votes yet
No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.