A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish an Office for the Bicentennial of the House of Representatives.
Latest action. Resolution Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 230 - 97 (Record Vote No: 479).
Amends rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Office for the Bicentennial of the House of Representatives. Requires such office, under the direction of an appointed Historian, to coordinate the planning of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the House.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on December 7, 1982. 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 December 17, 1982: Resolution Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 230 - 97 (Record Vote No: 479).
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?
NEWT GINGRICH (R-GA) introduced it on December 7, 1982. 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 December 7, 1982, 16030 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16020 days ago, on December 17, 1982.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 97th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1983 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