Oil Import Act of 1980
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oil Import Act of 1980 - Directs the President to submit to the Congress an annual report containing estimates of domestic energy production and demand and estimates of energy imports into, and exports from, the United States. Requires that such report contain an explanation of any significant variance between any estimate included in such report for the previous year and the actual production, demand, imports, exports, or other activity, that occurred during such preceding year. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue subpenas requiring the production of documents or the attendance of witnesses for purposes of obtaining information on which to base such estimates. Directs the President to establish quotas on petroleum and petroleum imports and sets forth the method for determining the level of such quotas. Requires the President to submit to the Congress for its approval a document setting forth such quotas and makes such quotas effective unless disapproved by both Houses of Congress by concurrent resolution, in which case the President is required to resubmit new quotas for such congressional review. Authorizes the President to lift such quotas for reasons of national security, natural disaster, supply disruption, or emergency energy need created by unusual weather conditions. Exempts from such quota any petroleum or petroleum products imported for storage in any strategic reserve. Establishes an import quota for such items for calendar year 1985. Directs the President to monitor and control such imports, subject to congressional approval. Establishes procedures to be followed in the event of an import shortfall. Sets forth provisions concerning the administration of this Act, including actions to prevent circumvention, enforcement of quotas, consequential changes in the tariff schedules, and quota reviews. Directs the United States International Trade Commission to monitor the domestic petroleum refining industry and make periodic public reports on the data resulting therefrom. Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to prohibit the President from adjusting petroleum and petroleum product except in specified circumstances. Makes conforming amendments to the Trade Act of 1974.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on December 20, 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 December 20, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
- 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?
CHARLES VANIK (D-OH) introduced it on December 20, 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 December 20, 1979, 17066 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17066 days ago, on December 20, 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