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H.R. 7583 (96th): Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1981

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A bill making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,1981, and for other purposes.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

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
Jun 13, 1980
96th Congress (1979–1980)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on August 20, 1980 but was never passed by the Senate.

Sponsor

Thomas Steed

Representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district

Democrat

Source
Congress.gov

History

Jun 13, 1980
 
Introduced

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

Aug 20, 1980
 
Passed House (Senate next)

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

H.R. 7583 (96th) 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. 7583. This is the one from the 96th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 96th Congress, which met from Jan 15, 1979 to Dec 16, 1980. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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