A joint resolution authorizing the President to suspend, in the case of Turkey, the application of the provisions of section 505(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 3(c) of the Foreign Military Sales Act.
Latest action. Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #608 (171-187).
Authorizes the President to suspend, in the case of Turkey, the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act and the Foreign Military Sales Act relating to the regional ceiling on foreign and military assistance, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this joint resolution and ending on November 30, 1974, if he determines that such suspension will further negotiations for a peaceful resolution of the Cyprus conflict.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on October 8, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This joint resolution failed the vote the record describes below. A measure that fails is not revived; the same text has to be introduced again as a new measure.
The record's latest action, on October 11, 1974: Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #608 (171-187).
What is a joint resolution, exactly?
A joint resolution travels the same road as a bill: both chambers pass it and the President signs it, and it then has the same force as any other law. The label is largely a matter of custom, often used for narrow or time-limited measures.
One exception matters. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution is not sent to the President at all. It goes to the states, and three quarters of them have to ratify it.
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?
MICHAEL MANSFIELD (D-MT) introduced it on October 8, 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.
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
- SenateDid not advance · October 11, 1974
- HouseNot reached
- PresidentNot reached