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S.Res. 473 (96th): A resolution deploring the politicization of the Mid-Decade Women’s Conference and urging the U.S. delegation to oppose any politically-motivated resolutions at the Conference.

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Sponsor and status

Introduced
Jun 24, 1980
96th Congress (1979–1980)
Status

Agreed To (Simple Resolution) on Jun 26, 1980

This simple resolution was agreed to on June 26, 1980. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

Sponsor

Jacob Javits

Senator for New York

Republican

Cosponsors

20 Cosponsors (13 Democrats, 7 Republicans)

Source
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History

Jun 24, 1980
 
Introduced

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

Jun 25, 1980
 
Ordered Reported

A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.

Jun 26, 1980
 
Agreed To

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

S.Res. 473 (96th) 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 S.Res. 473. This is the one from the 96th Congress.

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

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