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H.Res. 471 (93rd): Resolution waiving points of order against the bill H.R. 8947. A bill making appropriations for public works for water and power development, including the Corps of Engineers-Civil, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and other power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related independent agencies and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.

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Sponsor and status

Introduced
Jun 26, 1973
93rd Congress (1973–1974)
Status

Agreed To (Simple Resolution) on Jun 28, 1973

This simple resolution was agreed to on June 28, 1973. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

Sponsor

John Andrew Young

Representative for Texas's 14th congressional district

Democrat

Source
Congress.gov

History

Jun 26, 1973
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Jun 28, 1973
 
Agreed To

The resolution was passed in a vote in the House. A simple resolution is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.

H.Res. 471 (93rd) was a simple resolution in the United States Congress.

A simple resolution is used for matters that affect just one chamber of Congress, often to change the rules of the chamber to set the manner of debate for a related bill. It must be agreed to in the chamber in which it was introduced. It is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.

Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number H.Res. 471. This is the one from the 93rd Congress.

This simple resolution was introduced in the 93rd Congress, which met from Jan 3, 1973 to Dec 20, 1974. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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