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To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979
To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979
Act Details
To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1994-06-23 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 103 United States Congress by Lee Herbert Hamilton in relation with: Export controls, Exports, Foreign trade and international finance.
To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 became law (1) in the United States on 1994-07-05. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
Sponsor
Lee Herbert Hamilton, Democrat, Representative from Indiana, district 9
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Peter R. Deutsch, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 20
Porter J. Goss, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 14
Peter Hoekstra, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 2
Earl Dewitt Hutto, Democrat, Representative, from Florida
Thomas F. Lewis, Republican, Representative, from Florida
John McHugh, Representative, from New York, district 24
Owen Bradford Pickett, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 2
Act Overview
- Number: 4635 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 (4)
- Date First Introduced: 1994-06-23
- Sponsor Name: Lee Herbert Hamilton
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1994-07-05
- Type: hr (7)
- Main Topic: Foreign trade and international finance
- Related Bills: (8)
- Summary of To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
Text of the To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend such Act through August 20 1994.
Act Notes
- [Note 1] An Act (like To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979) 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 extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 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 extend the Export Administration Act of 1979)
- [Note 4] To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1994-06-23) 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 extend the Export Administration Act of 1979, go to THOMAS.
Analysis
No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 submitted yet.
Export controls
Exports
Foreign trade and international finance
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.