Municipal Resources Management Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Municipal Resources Management Act of 1979 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to include among the objectives of the State and Regional Solid Waste Plan provisions of such Act the maximum utilization of energy and materials recoverable from solid waste. Amends such Act to include among the considerations for promulgating State Plan guidelines the existence of available new and additional markets for energy and energy resources recovered from solid waste. Makes a State eligible for financial assistance for energy and materials recovery feasibility planning and assistance under such Act upon a determination that such State's solid waste plan includes specified provisions relating to energy and other materials recoverable from municipal waste. Authorizes such State to make any of such assistance available to municipalities for similar activities. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to municipalities to carry out energy and materials recovery feasibility planning and assistance activities. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance to States and municipalities to assist in removing impediments to the development of systems and facilities designed to recover energy and materials from municipal waste. Directs the Administrator to collect and disseminate information relating to the recovery of energy and materials from solid waste.
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 9, 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 November 9, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- 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?
JAMES FLORIO (D-NJ) introduced it on November 9, 1979, and 35 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 24 Democrats, 11 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 November 9, 1979, 17107 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17107 days ago, on November 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.
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