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Act Details
A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1980-07-24 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 96 United States Congress by Jamie Lloyd Whitten in relation with: Authorization, Economics and public finance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Finance and financial sector, Foreign Trade and Investments, Government lending, Government operations and politics, International agencies, International banking.
A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank became law (1) in the United States on 1980-08-29. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
Sponsor
Jamie Lloyd Whitten, Democrat, Representative from Mississippi, district 1
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Silvio Ottavio Conte, Republican, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 1
Act Overview
- Number: 589 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank (4)
- Date First Introduced: 1980-07-24
- Sponsor Name: Silvio Ottavio Conte
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1980-08-29
- Type: hjres (7)
- Main Topic: International banking
- Related Bills: (8)
hres757-96, Reason: rule, Type: bill
sjres191-96, Reason: related, Type: bill - Summary of A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
(House disagreed to Senate amendment) Increases the limitation on program activity authorized for the Export-Import Bank. Earmarks a specified portion for direct loans.
Act Notes
- [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank) 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 providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank 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 providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank)
- [Note 4] A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1980-07-24) 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 providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank, go to THOMAS.
Analysis
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Authorization
Economics and public finance
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Finance and financial sector
Foreign Trade and Investments
Government lending
Government operations and politics
International agencies
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.