Health Amendments of 1979
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Health Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Appropriation Authorizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for specified cancer, cardiovascular, lung, blood, and diabetes activities. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Diabetes Advisory Board through fiscal year 1981. Extends the expiration date of such Board to September 30, 1981. Authorizes appropriations for arthritis demonstration projects and data system for fiscal years 1981 through 1984. Extends the authorization of appropriations for multipurpose arthritis centers through fiscal year 1983. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Arthritis Advisory Board through fiscal year 1981. Extends the expiration date of such Board to September 30, 1981. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for rape prevention and control through fiscal year 1983. Title II: Revisions to Various Health Authorities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the formula for the calculation of National Health Service Corps cost sharing. Raises the number of members composing the National Diabetes Advisory Board from 23 to 24. Adds the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or his or her designee as an ex officio member of such Board. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to eliminate specified rape prevention control reports and assistance. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the exemption from regulation as cosmetics of coal-tar hair dyes. Amends the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1946, to provide for advances to a specified service and supply fund.
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 19, 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 19, 1980: 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?
HARLEY STAGGERS (D-WV) introduced it on March 19, 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 19, 1980, 16976 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16976 days ago, on March 19, 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