A bill to change the date for transmittal of a report.
Public Law 99-230 · S. 1918 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Dec 28, 1985 · International Affairs
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 to change the deadline from December 31, 1985, to October 1, 1986, for the report by the Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice relating to expanded use of employee stock ownership plans in U.S. development efforts in Central America and the Caribbean.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 9 actions.
- Dec 28, 1985Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-230.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 20, 1985PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 18, 1985FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 16, 1985FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Dec 10, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.