A bill to authorize appropriations for the international affairs functions of the Department of the Treasury for fiscal years 1981 and 1982, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Measure failed of passage in House, under suspension of rules, roll call #543 (238-164).
(Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide its personnel who are performing international affairs functions with allowances and benefits comparable to those provided civil servants for the travel expenses of their dependents to and from U.S. schools. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Department's international affairs function and for salary equalization payments under an agreement with the Asian Development Bank. Authorizes additional appropriations for salary increases and increases in allowances and benefits. Declares that the United States shall promptly initiate discussions leading to a multilateral agreement halting predatory government subsidized export credits for steel plants and equipment. Directs the Secretary to report on the progress of such initiative to the appropriate congressional committees.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate amended" stage on September 3, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill failed the vote the record describes below. A measure that fails is not revived; the same text has to be introduced again as a new measure.
The record's latest action, on September 16, 1980: Measure failed of passage in House, under suspension of rules, roll call #543 (238-164).
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?
ADLAI STEVENSON (D-IL) introduced it on April 1, 1980. 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.
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
- SenateDid not advance · September 16, 1980
- HouseNot reached
- PresidentNot reached