Citizens' Suggestion Award Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Citizens' Suggestion Award Act - Establishes a 5-member Commission on Citizens' Suggestions, inventions, and proposals which contribute to the efficiency, economy and other improvement of Government Operations. Provides that such suggestions are to be kept confidential and if they are deemed to be meritorious a cash award shall be paid to the citizen or group, who submitted such suggestion. Directs the commission to: (1) publicize the provisions of this Act as widely as possible and undertake such programs and activities as it deems appropriate to encourage public participation in the citizen suggestion program; (2) provide for the dissemination of information to all appropriate Federal departments and agencies with respect to any suggestion, invention, or proposal for which an award is made under this Act; and (3) encourage and aid State and local governments to establish suggestion programs in order to promote further efficiency and economies in the operation of such governments.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 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 March 7, 1973: 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 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?
CHARLES GUBSER (R-CA) introduced it on March 7, 1973, and 8 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 4 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 March 7, 1973, 19545 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19545 days ago, on March 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