National Professions Foundation Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
National Professions Foundation Act - Establishes the National Professions Foundation to promote progress in the professions. Establishes a National Endowment for the Professions administered by a chairman. Establishes the National Council on the Professions; headed by the Chairman and composed of the Chairman and twenty six other members. Provides that the Council shall advise the chairman and review applications for financial assistance under this Act. Establishes guidelines for selection of the Chairman and members of the National Council on the Professions, defines their duties, establishes their terms of office and determines their rates of compensation. Authorizes the following appropriation of funds to the Endowment: (1) for the fiscal year 1973, an amount not to exceed $2,500,000, (2) for the fiscal year 1974, an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 and (3) for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, an amount not to exceed $10,000,000. Authorizes for fiscal year 1978, and for each subsequent fiscal year, such sums as Congress may hereafter authorize to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to the chairman's 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 May 22, 1973. 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, 1973: 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 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 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?
CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN (R-MI) introduced it on May 22, 1973, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 3 Republicans.
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, 1973, 19469 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19469 days ago, on May 22, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 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