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H.Res. 1288 (94th): A resolution waiving certain points of order against H.R. 14235. A bill making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977.

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Sponsor and status

Introduced
Jun 10, 1976
94th Congress (1975–1976)
Status

Agreed To (Simple Resolution) on Jun 16, 1976

This simple resolution was agreed to on June 16, 1976. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

Sponsor

Gillis Long

Representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district

Democrat

Source
Congress.gov

History

Jun 10, 1976
 
Introduced

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

Jun 16, 1976
 
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. 1288 (94th) 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. 1288. This is the one from the 94th Congress.

This simple resolution was introduced in the 94th Congress, which met from Jan 14, 1975 to Oct 1, 1976. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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