A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 44, United States Code, to reconstitute the membership of the National Archives Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Reconstitutes the membership of the National Archives Trust Fund Board to include the Administrator of General Services as Chairman, and the Archivist of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury as members. Declares that the exclusive purpose of the Board is to support the operations of the National Archives and Records Service. Authorizes the Board: (1) to appoint individuals in accordance with civil service laws; and (2) to enter into contracts for performance of its functions. Directs the Board to transmit its initial bylaws and regulations to Congress and to notify Congress of any amendments to such bylaws or regulations. Authorizes the Inspector General of the General Services Administration to audit the Board's records or investigate the Board's operations. Directs the Board to submit to Congress an annual report on its operations.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 29, 1980. 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 January 29, 1980: 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?
L. PREYER (D-NC) introduced it on January 29, 1980. 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 January 29, 1980, 17026 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17026 days ago, on January 29, 1980.
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