A bill to establish the Mount St. Helens National Monument in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Establishes the Mount Saint Helens National Monument in the State of Washington. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any other Federal agency, or exchange. Specifies that lands, waters, and interests therein owned by the State of Washington or any political subdivision thereof may only be acquired by donation or exchange. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary, for the purposes of the monument, the lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundary of the monument which are a part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Withdraws lands within the monument from disposition under the public lands laws and from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, from the operation of the mineral leasing laws, and from the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on May 22, 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 May 22, 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?
KEITH SEBELIUS (R-KS) introduced it on May 22, 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 May 22, 1980, 16912 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16912 days ago, on May 22, 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