A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to retain as a national reserve, lands of the Outer Continental Shelf included in the proposed lease sale numbered 53, and prohibiting the Secretary from leasing such lands for oil or gas production or development, except as recommended by the President of the United States and not disapproved by the Congress, and for other purposes.

4 steps remain before this bill could become law.

The record's latest action, on July 29, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

1. Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
2. Passage by the House
3. Passage by the Senate
4. The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.

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.

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.

DON CLAUSEN (R-CA) introduced it on July 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.

It was introduced on July 29, 1980, 16844 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16844 days ago, on July 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.