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United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act

United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act

Act Details

United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1973-11-09 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 93 United States Congress by James William Fulbright in relation with: Appropriations, Department of State, Economics and public finance, International affairs, United States Information Agency.

United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act became law (1) in the United States on 1973-11-29

It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

Senate Foreign Relations (SSFR)

James William Fulbright, member of the US congress
James William Fulbright, Democrat, Senator from Arkansas

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Wallace Foster Bennett, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Joseph Robinette Biden, Democrat, Senator, from Delaware
Edward William Brooke, Republican, Senator, from Massachusetts
Lawton Chiles, Senator, from Florida
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
Robert Paul Griffin, Republican, Senator, from Michigan
William Dodd Hathaway, Democrat, Senator, from Maine
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Democrat, Senator, from Minnesota
Henry Jackson, Democrat, Senator, from Washington
Edward Kennedy, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
Charles Mccurdy Mathias, Republican, Senator, from Maryland
Gale William Mcgee, Democrat, Senator, from Wyoming
George Stanley Mcgovern, Democrat, Senator, from South Dakota
Frank Moss, Democrat, Senator, from Utah
James Blackwood Pearson, Republican, Senator, from Kansas
Charles Harting Percy, Republican, Senator, from Illinois
Hugh Doggett Scott, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 13
Robert Alphonso Taft, Republican, Senator, from Ohio
John Goodwin Tower, Republican, Senator, from Texas
John Varick Tunney, Democrat, Senator, from California

Act Overview

Text of the United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act

(LATEST SUMMARY) United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act – Authorizes appropriations for the United States Information Agency for the fiscal year 1974. Provides that no money appropriated to carry out this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure unless the appropriation has been previously authorized or is in excess of an amount previously prescribed by law. Authorizes the purchase of copies of an Agency film entitled “Summer Fever” by Little League Baseball Incorporated.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act) 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 United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act 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 (United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act)
  • [Note 4] An original bill to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1973-11-09) 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 United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Appropriations
Department of State
Economics and public finance
International affairs
United States Information Agency

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.

Related pieces of legislation:

  1. United States Information Agency Authorization Act
  2. An Act to make the film "Wilma Rudolph Olympic Champion", which was produced by the United States Information Agency, available for certain limited use within the United States in conjunction with promotion of the 1976 Olympic Games
  3. United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976
  4. An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes
  5. United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 And 1983
  6. United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 And 1985
  7. To provide for the distribution within the United States of certain materials prepared by the United States Information Agency
  8. An Act to authorize the release to museums in the United States of certain objects owned by the United States Information Agency
  9. An Act to amend Public Law 94-187 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes
  10. To provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled "Fragile Ring of Life"
  11. An Act to provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled "Dumas Malone: A Journey with Mr. Jefferson"
  12. An Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for carrying out title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972, and for other purposes
  13. To authorize distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled "A Tribute to Mickey Leland"
  14. Departments Of State, Justice, And Commerce And The United States Information Agency Appropriation Act, 1955
  15. An Act to provide authorization of appropriations for activities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
  16. An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to apply to the United States Postal Service certain provisions of law providing for Federal agency safety programs and responsibilities, to provide for cost-of-living adjustments of Federal executive salaries, and for other purposes
  17. Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act
  18. To amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and other provisions of law to make certain changes in administrative authorities
  19. An Act to provide for an exclusive remedy against the United States in suits based upon medical malpractice on the part of medical personnel of the armed forces, the Defense Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes
  20. An Act for the relief of Roderic Patrick Stafford

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