Department of Energy Authorization for Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1980-Civilian Applications
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Department of Energy Authorization for Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1980 - Civilian Applications - Declares that funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1980 under this Act supplement appropriations to the Department of Energy under specified appropriation Acts. Title I: Research and Development - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for: (1) operating and capital equipment expenses for the coal fossil fuel program; (2) operating expenses for supply research and development programs in solar, nuclear fission, and low-head hydroelectric power; and (3) supply research and development plant and capital equipment for nuclear fission advanced nuclear systems capital equipment not related to construction. Title II: Regulation and Information and Other Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for expenses for: (1) the Economic Regulatory Administration (with possible additional necessary sums for gasoline rationing expenses); (2) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (3) an Energy Information program. Title III: Commercialization and Related Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for expenses for the following commercialization and related conservation activities programs: (1) Buildings and Community Systems; (2) Transportation; (3) State and Local; and (4) Energy Information Campaign. Title IV: Other Departmental Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for: (1) operating expenses for uranium enrichment diffusion operations and support; (2) operating expenses for Departmental administrative management and support; and (3) Departmental administrative activities; plant and capital equipment and specified in-house energy management alternative energy source projects.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on April 30, 1980. 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 April 30, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 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?
HENRY JACKSON (D-WA) introduced it on April 30, 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.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on April 30, 1980, 16934 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16934 days ago, on April 30, 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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers