A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a special calendar to which all reported bills involving certain violations of the Congressional Budget Act must be referred for a specified period prior to their consideration by the House, and to impose additional reporting requirements on committees to expedite referrals to such calendar and facilitate its use.

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 19, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Rules.

1. A vote of the House

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.

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.

ROBERT MICHEL (R-IL) introduced it on March 19, 1980, and 29 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They come from both major parties: 10 Democrats, 19 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.

It was introduced on March 19, 1980, 16976 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16976 days ago, on March 19, 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.