A resolution requesting the President to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives concerning the disclosure of classified information relating to the new so-called "Stealth" technology for military aircraft.
Latest action. Reported to House from the Committee on Armed Services, H. Rept. 96-1309.
Requests the President to furnish to the House of Representatives all information, whether or not classified, concerning the disclosure of classified information relating to the Stealth technology for military aircraft. Authorizes the President to furnish such information with safeguards as he deems appropriate. Stipulates that the information shall be available to Members of the House in accordance with the Rules 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 August 28, 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 September 9, 1980: Reported to House from the Committee on Armed Services, H. Rept. 96-1309.
- 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?
JAMES COURTER (R-NJ) introduced it on August 28, 1980, and 9 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 9 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.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 28, 1980, 16814 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16802 days ago, on September 9, 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