A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize appropriations for the United States Commission on Civil Rights for fiscal year 1980.
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(Senate receded and concurred in House amendment with an amendment) Civil Rights Commission Authorization Act of 1979 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the Civil Rights Commission. Directs the Commission to continue to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government with respect to denials of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution involving Americans who are members of eastern- and southern-European ethnic groups and to report its findings to the Congress.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Senate receded and concurred with amendment" stage on September 25, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Public Law 96-81.
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The record's latest action, on October 6, 1979: Public Law 96-81.
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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.
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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.
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Who is behind it?
BIRCH BAYH (D-IN) introduced it on March 21, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 21, 1979, 17388 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17189 days ago, on October 6, 1979.
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.
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Vote history
- SenatePublic Law 96-81.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action