A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to renegotiating the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Directs the Secretary of the Senate to return unratified the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitations of Strategic Arms (SALT II Treaty) to the Secretary of State. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should resume negotiations with the Soviet Union to modify the Treaty to more adequately protect U.S. security interests. Provides for continued U.S. restraint in its buildup of strategic nuclear offensive forces during the renegotiations. Sets forth quantitative, qualitative, and other limitations on strategic offensive arms considered to be minimally essential. Sets forth guidelines to be followed in renegotiating the SALT III agreement.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on August 2, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
A simple resolution is the business of a single chamber. The Senate can adopt it on its own, and it is never sent to the other chamber or to the President.
The record's latest action, on August 2, 1979: Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
- A vote of the Senate
What is a simple resolution, exactly?
A simple resolution concerns one chamber only, such as its own rules or an expression of its opinion. The other chamber and the President play no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
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?
EDWIN GARN (R-UT) introduced it on August 2, 1979. 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 August 2, 1979, 17206 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17206 days ago, on August 2, 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.
That deadline applies to this measure too, even though it was never headed for the President's desk.
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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers