A bill to amend the One Bank Holding Company Act of 1970.
Latest action. Pocket vetoed by President.
(Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to sell silver dollars by negotiation at such prices and in such manner as may be deemed proper by the Administrator. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include specified textiles and textile products in the articles reserved from tariff reduction or elimination negotiations by the President.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate amended" stage on October 12, 1978. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
1 step remains before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on November 11, 1978: Pocket vetoed by President.
- A two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate to override the veto
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 95th Congress (1977-78), 633 of the 19,387 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 1 step is 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?
WALTER FAUNTROY (D-DC) introduced it on November 3, 1977, and 6 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 3 Democrats, 2 Republicans, 1 independent.
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 November 3, 1977, 17843 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17470 days ago, on November 11, 1978.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 95th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1979 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
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentVetoed on November 11, 1978