Automobile Research Competition Act
Latest action. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Automobile Research Competition Act - Establishes an automobile research competition to be administered by the Secretary of Transportation. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such competition. Makes a research award of a specified sum to qualified participants. Lists requirements for the new motor vehicle produced pursuant to this Act, including high fuel economy and specified acceleration and braking standards. Directs the Secretary to promulgate testing standards to be used to measure such requirements. Allows the Secretary to request assistance from the appropriate Federal agencies in order to evaluate the motor vehicles submitted pursuant to the competition. Declares that all determinations made by the Secretary in regard to the competition are final.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on March 17, 1982. 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 March 17, 1982: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- 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 97th Congress (1981-82), 473 of the 11,489 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.1 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?
THEODORE STEVENS (R-AK) introduced it on March 17, 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 March 17, 1982, 16295 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16295 days ago, on March 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.
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