National Library Resources Sharing Act of 1980
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
National Library Resources Sharing Act of 1980 - Amends the Library Services and Construction Act to permit grants to States under such Act to be used (along with other permissible uses) to make funds available to State library administrative agencies to develop long-range plans for library services of all types. Requires that 15 percent of amounts appropriated under such Act be made available for direct grants to existing regional and national cooperative networks of libraries. Requires that applications for such grants be approved by the Assistant Secretary for Library and Information Services, with the endorsement of at least one State library agency. Declares that nothing contained in the Communication Act of 1934 or in any other law shall be construed to prevent U. S. communications common carriers from rendering, subject to Federal Communications Commission regulation, free or reduced rate communications interconnection services for interconnection systems for nonprofit library and educational activities. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education: (1) a position of Assistant Secretary for Library and Information Services; and (2) an Office of Library and Information Services, to be administered by such Assistant Secretary. Directs the Secretary of Education to delegate to such Assistant Secretary all functions administered before the effective date of this Act by the Office of Libraries and Learning Resources of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and other appropriate functions.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on June 17, 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 June 17, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 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?
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN (D-NY) introduced it on June 17, 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 June 17, 1980, 16933 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16933 days ago, on June 17, 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