A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that parity for women's track and field events should be achieved in the 1984 Olympic Games.

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 December 11, 1979: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

1. A vote of the Senate

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.

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.

NANCY KASSEBAUM (R-KS) introduced it on December 11, 1979, and 24 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

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.

It was introduced on December 11, 1979, 17075 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17075 days ago, on December 11, 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.