Joint Export Marketing Assistance Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Joint Export Marketing Assistance Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to promote export marketing activities for domestic industry. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with industrial corporations or groups of noncompeting corporations with limited exporting experience to develop foreign markets for their products. Requires the Secretary to direct specified market research for such projects to measure opportunities, determine the best methods, and indicate the prospects for success. Requires interested corporations to submit a proposal on the basis of such research incorporating specific marketing actions and a timetable for such actions for approval by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with those entities submitting approved proposals to share marketing costs for up to three years. Limits the Federal share of participation to 50 percent. Requires repayment of the Federal share within five years of the expiration of Federal participation.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on December 7, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on December 7, 1979: Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
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 is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, 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?
ROGER JEPSEN (R-IA) introduced it on December 7, 1979, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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, 1979, 17079 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17079 days ago, on December 7, 1979.
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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers