A resolution providing funds for the expenses of the Committee on House Administration to provide for the maintenance and improvement of ongoing computer services for the House of Representatives, for the investigation of additional computer services for the House of Representatives, and to provide computer support to the committees of the House of Representatives.
Latest action. Measure passed House, amended, roll call #135 (228-174).
(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #135 (228-174)) Authorizes the expenditure of funds, not to exceed $9,881,000, by the Committee on House Administration to enable the House Information Systems to provide for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of ongoing computer and information services for the House of Representatives. Prohibits any part of such funds from being available for expenditure in connection with the study of any subject which is being investigated by any other House committee. Terminates the authorization granted by this resolution on January 3, 1981.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on March 11, 1980. 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 March 11, 1980: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #135 (228-174).
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?
CHARLES ROSE (D-NC) introduced it on February 11, 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 February 11, 1980, 17013 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16984 days ago, on March 11, 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.
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