A bill to authorize additional appropriations for the Temporary Commission on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 3879 passed in lieu.
(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Governmental Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 96-139) Authorizes additional appropriations of $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for the Temporary Commission on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia, half of which shall be from funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and half of which shall be from funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate with amendment(s)" stage on May 14, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 3879 passed in lieu.
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The record's latest action, on May 24, 1979: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 3879 passed in lieu.
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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?
THOMAS EAGLETON (D-MO) introduced it on April 5, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on April 5, 1979, 17325 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17276 days ago, on May 24, 1979.
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Vote history
- SenateMeasure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 3879 passed in lieu.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action