A bill relating to the sale and distribution of the Congressional Record.
Latest action. public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) 93-314.
Allows the Public Printer under the direction of the Joint Committee to sell subscriptions to the daily Record, and current, individual numbers, and bound sets of the Congressional Record. Provides that the price of a subscription to the daily Record and of current, individual numbers, and bound sets shall be determined by the Public Printer based on the cost of printing and distribution and any such price shall be paid in advance. Entitles the Congressional Record to be mailed at the same rates of postage at which any newspaper or other periodical publication, with a legitimate list of paid subscribers, is entitled to be mailed.
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 24, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Public law 93-314.
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The record's latest action, on June 8, 1974: Public law 93-314.
How likely is it to become law?
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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 has no outstanding steps 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?
HOWARD CANNON (D-NV) introduced it on April 24, 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 April 24, 1974, 19132 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19087 days ago, on June 8, 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.
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Vote history
- SenatePublic law 93-314.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action