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An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1986-03-26 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 99 United States Congress by Henry John Heinz in relation with: Authorization, Customs administration, Department of Commerce, Economics and public finance, Exports, Foreign Trade and Investments, Foreign trade and international finance, Foreign trade promotion, Government operations and politics.
An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities became law (1) in the United States on 1986-11-07. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs (SSBK)
House Foreign Affairs (HSFA)
Sponsor
Henry John Heinz, Republican, Senator from Pennsylvania
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Alan John Dixon, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn, Republican, Senator, from Utah
William Proxmire, Democrat, Senator, from Wisconsin
Act Overview
- Number: 2245 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities (4)
- Date First Introduced: 1986-03-26
- Sponsor Name: William Proxmire
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1986-11-07
- Type: s (7)
- Main Topic: Foreign trade and international finance
- Related Bills: (8)
- Summary of An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
(Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Commerce for FY 1987 and 1988 to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979. Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 to the Department of Commerce for export promotion programs.
Act Notes
- [Note 1] An Act (like An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities) 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 An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities 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 (An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities)
- [Note 4] A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1986-03-26) 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 An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities, go to THOMAS.
Analysis
No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities submitted yet.
Authorization
Customs administration
Department of Commerce
Economics and public finance
Exports
Foreign Trade and Investments
Foreign trade and international finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government operations and politics
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.