A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to make periodic reports concerning the rate of unemployment and the extent to which the unemployment rate is attributable to the energy shortage.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Requires the Secretary of Labor, within the thirty-day period following the date of the enactment of this Act and each thirty-day period thereafter, to submit to the Congress and the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office such reports as may be necessary to keep Congress and the Administrator informed as to the current and prospective unemployment rate in the United States, including the extent to which such unemployment rate is attributable to the energy shortage, together with the recommendations of the said Secretary with respect thereto. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, upon being notified by the Secretary of Labor that the unemployment rate of any State has increased by 0.5 percent or more over the rate in 1972, shall, if such increase was attributable to the energy shortage, take such action as may be necessary to increase that State's petroleum allotment to return the unemployment rate in such State to that rate which existed for the period immediately preceding the period during which such rate so increased.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on February 19, 1974. 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 February 19, 1974: Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular 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 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 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?
EDWARD GURNEY (R-FL) introduced it on February 19, 1974. 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 February 19, 1974, 19243 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19243 days ago, on February 19, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 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