Resolution providing for the consideration of S. J. Res. 247. Joint resolution authorizing the President to suspend, in the case of Turkey, the application of the provisions of section 505 (d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 3 (c) of the Foreign Military Sales Act.
Latest action. Measure passed House.
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order in the House to consider the joint resolution (S.J.Res 247) authorizing the President to suspend, in the case of Turkey, the application of the provisions of section 505(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 3(c) of the Foreign Military Sales Act. States that after general debate the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 10, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
A simple resolution is the business of a single chamber. The House can adopt it on its own, and it is never sent to the other chamber or to the President.
The record's latest action, on October 11, 1974: Measure passed House.
What is a simple resolution, exactly?
A simple resolution concerns one chamber only, such as its own rules or an expression of its opinion. The other chamber and the President play no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
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?
JOHN YOUNG (D-TX) introduced it on October 10, 1974. 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 October 10, 1974, 18963 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18962 days ago, on October 11, 1974.
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.
That deadline applies to this measure too, even though it was never headed for the President's desk.
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
- SenateAwaiting Senate vote
- PresidentAwaits both chambers