A bill to establish a National Commission on Food Production, Processing, Marketing, and Pricing to study the food industry from the producer to the consumer.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Establishes a 15-member National Commission on Food Production, Processing, Marketing, and Pricing to study and appraise the economic and industrial structure of all segments of the food industry. Directs the Commission to make interim reports and a final report with legislative recommendations to the President and Congress within two years of enactment. Authorizes the Commission to hold hearings and secure data relating to the study. Directs the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Agriculture to each submit to Congress and publish reports on the actions of each agency with respect to the enforcement of the antitrust laws on the various sectors of the food industry. Requires the appropriate Federal agency to submit to Congress and publish within one year after the Commission's report and annually thereafter, indices of the structure and state of competition in the food industry. Authorizes the sum of $7,000,000 to carry out this Act.
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 16, 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 June 16, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental 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?
GEORGE MCGOVERN (D-SD) introduced it on June 16, 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 June 16, 1980, 16934 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16934 days ago, on June 16, 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