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A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
Act Details
A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1983-10-27 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 98 United States Congress by Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn in relation with: Credit, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Exports, Finance and financial sector, Foreign Trade and Investments, Foreign trade and international finance, Government operations and politics, Imports, International banking.
A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 became law (1) in the United States on 1983-11-01. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
Sponsor
Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn, Republican, Senator from Utah
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Act Overview
- Number: 189 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (4)
- Date First Introduced: 1983-10-27
- Sponsor Name: Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1983-11-01
- Type: sjres (7)
- Main Topic: Foreign trade and international finance
- Related Bills: (8)
- Summary of A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
Text of the A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to extend the termination date for the Export-Import Bank to November 18 1983.
Act Notes
- [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
- [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
- [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945)
- [Note 4] A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1983-10-27) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
- [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
- [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
- [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
- [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, go to THOMAS.
Analysis
No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about A joint resolution extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 submitted yet.
Credit
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Exports
Finance and financial sector
Foreign Trade and Investments
Foreign trade and international finance
Government operations and politics
Imports
International banking
Further Reading
- “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
- “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
- “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.