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Act Details
To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1993-07-20 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 103 United States Congress by Norman Y. Mineta in relation with: Arts, culture, religion, Building construction, District of Columbia, Museums, Smithsonian Institution.
To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building became law (1) in the United States on 1993-11-24. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
House Public Works and Transportation (HSPW)
sub Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds (sub 04)
House Administration (HSHA)
Sponsor
Norman Y. Mineta, Democrat, Representative from California
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Joseph Michael Mcdade, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 10
William Huston Natcher, Democrat, Representative, from Kentucky
Act Overview
- Number: 2677 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building (4)
- Date First Introduced: 1993-07-20
- Sponsor Name: William Huston Natcher
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1993-11-24
- Type: hr (7)
- Main Topic: Arts, culture, religion
- Related Bills: (8)
s1461-103, Reason: identical, Type: bill
- Summary of To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan design and construct the West Court of the Museum of Natural History building. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for such activities.
Act Notes
- [Note 1] An Act (like To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building) 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 To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building 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 (To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building)
- [Note 4] To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1993-07-20) 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 To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History building, go to THOMAS.
Analysis
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Arts, culture, religion
Building construction
District of Columbia
Museums
Smithsonian Institution
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.