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S. 3969 · 117th CongressEnacted

PAVA Program Inclusion Act

Latest action. Became 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) No: 117-182. · September 30, 2022

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What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access Program Inclusion Act or the PAVA Program Inclusion Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) program grants to the protection and advocacy systems of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the American Indian consortium.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on September 30, 2022. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Introduced
March 30, 2022
In committee
Passed a chamber
Cleared Congress
Enacted
September 30, 2022
Where this sits in the process
Common questions
Composed from the official record
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?

This bill has been enacted. It is law.

The record's latest action, on September 30, 2022: Became Public Law No: 117-182.

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?

Ben Luján (D-NM) introduced it on March 30, 2022, and 4 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They come from both major parties: 3 Democrats, 1 Republican.

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.

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

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No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.