A bill to erect a marker in Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. in honor of Matt W. Ransom.
Latest action. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, Office of Management and BudgetThe President's budget and regulatory control center. It writes the President's budget request, apportions appropriated funds, and reviews significant agency rules.Read the full definition (opens a new tab).
Dedicates a marker in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., to Matt W. Ransom for his efforts to preserve such park. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the erection and maintenance of a memorial to Matt W. Ransom in such Park.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on June 17, 1988. 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 July 14, 1988: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, OMB.
- 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 100th Congress (1987-88), 713 of the 9,582 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 7.4 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?
TERRY SANFORD (D-NC) introduced it on June 17, 1988, and 24 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 16 Democrats, 8 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 June 17, 1988, 13965 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 13938 days ago, on July 14, 1988.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 100th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1989 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