Indian Arts and Crafts Board Amendments Act of 1980
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Amendments Act of 1980 - Amends the provisions of Federal law to provide that the Indian Arts and Craft Board shall employ at least 75 percent of employees, other than executive offices, from a list of eligibles supplied by the Civil Service Commission. Authorizes the Board to borrow or lend money in connection with any scholarship program approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Empowers the Board to: (1) procure by contract the temporary and intermittent services of experts or consultants; (2) provide such consultants with per diem, travel, and transportation expenses; (3) administer the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, including taking appropriate steps toward attaining accreditation status; (4) solicit, accept, and sell and transfer gifts, bequests, devises of money, and securities; (5) acquire and dispose of personal property as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act; and (6) construct new, and repair existing, structures on the campus of the Institute. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer all administrative powers and responsibilities for functions of the Institute from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Requires the Secretary to phase out any entities, other than the Institute, occupying facilities of the campus within three years of enactment of this Act. Directs the Board to submit an annual report to the Secretary of the Interior and the Congress on the activities, accreditation status, and enrollment of the Institute.
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 18, 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 March 18, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
- 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?
SIDNEY YATES (D-IL) introduced it on March 18, 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 March 18, 1980, 16977 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16977 days ago, on March 18, 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