A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should announce a state of economic emergency and take certain actions to reduce the rate of inflation, that the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary should, without delay, report a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to assure fiscal responsibility.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should declare a state of economic emergency and submit a plan to the Congress for attacking inflation; (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives should report a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to balance the budget and/or limit Federal expenditures; and (3) the President should amend the proposed fiscal year 1981 budget to limit spending to anticipated receipts.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 18, 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 18, 1980: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
- A vote of the 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?
DAVID EVANS (D-IN) introduced it on March 18, 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 March 18, 1980, 16977 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16977 days ago, on March 18, 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
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers