A bill to amend section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the donation of surplus real or personal property for use in connection with a public harbor.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to assign to the Secretary of the Army for disposal such surplus real property or personal property which is suitable, desirable, or necessary for the development, improvement, operation, or maintenance of a public harbor, including property needed to develop sources of revenue from nonmaritime businesses at a harbor. Requires that the deed of conveyance of such property provide that the property shall be used for the purpose for which it was conveyed in perpetuity or, at the Secretary's option, it shall revert to the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, subject to the disapproval of the Administrator, to: (1) enforce compliance with the terms of any instrument governing such transfer; (2) reform any such instrument; (3) grant releases from any of the terms of such an instrument; or (4) convey to the transferee any right or interest reserved to the United States by such an instrument upon determining that such conveyance shall not prevent the accomplishment of the purpose of the transfer.
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 2, 1979. 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 2, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
- 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 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.
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?
CECIL HEFTEL (D-HI) introduced it on August 2, 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.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 2, 1979, 17253 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17253 days ago, on August 2, 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.
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