A bill to authorize the conveyance of lands in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Latest action. public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) 96-203.
(Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 96-783) Authorizes the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital Association to assign or convey certain lands in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a housing facility for the elderly. Provides that the execution of such conveyance shall not constitute a forfeiture of any rights granted to the Association under applicable law. Specifies that if such conveyed property is used for purposes other than a facility for the elderly, all rights, privileges, and powers in such property shall be forfeited to the United States. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make available from the Fund, for purposes of acquiring land and waters for national recreation areas, an amount of money which may exceed by ten percent any statutory ceiling established prior to the convening of the Ninety-sixth Congress. Permits the Secretary of the Interior to make minor changes to boundaries of areas of the national park system if such boundaries were established after January 1, 1965. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by donation or purchase a suitable collection of whaling artifacts and associated items for preservation and display at the National Maritime Museum located at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Authorizes the appropriation of $3,000,000 for such purchase from amounts previously authorized for development purposes at such recreation area.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House with amendment(s)" stage on February 25, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Public Law 96-203.
Civibrief does not map this action to a stage in the process. See the official record.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
The latest action on file does not map to a stage Civibrief recognizes, so the page will not name one. The record's own words are the reliable fact here.
The record's latest action, on March 10, 1980: Public Law 96-203.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one has no outstanding steps listed above.
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?
DALE BUMPERS (D-AR) introduced it on October 1, 1979. 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 October 1, 1979, 17146 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16985 days ago, on March 10, 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.
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
- SenatePublic Law 96-203.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action