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H.R. 13635 (95th): Department of Defense Appropriation Act


A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and for other purposes.

The federal budget process occurs in two stages: appropriations and authorizations. This is an appropriations bill, which sets overall spending limits by agency or program, typically for a single fiscal year (October 1 through September 30 of the next year).

Sponsor and status

Introduced
Jul 27, 1978
95th Congress (1977–1978)
Status

Enacted — Signed by the President on Oct 13, 1978

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 13, 1978.

Law
Pub.L. 95-457
Sponsor

George Mahon

Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district

Democrat

Text

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Last Updated: Oct 13, 1978

Source

History

Jul 27, 1978
 
Introduced

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

Aug 9, 1978
 
Passed House (Senate next)

The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next.

Oct 5, 1978
 
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes.

Oct 13, 1978
 
Enacted — Signed by the President

The President signed the bill and it became law.

Oct 13, 1978
 
Text Published

Updated bill text was published as of Passed Congress.

H.R. 13635 (95th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 13635. This is the one from the 95th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 95th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 1977 to Oct 15, 1978. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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