A joint resolution to authorize the printing and binding of a revised edition of Senate Procedure and providing the same shall be subject to copyright by the author.
Public Law 99-75 · S.J.Res. 144 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Jul 29, 1985 · Congress
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Provides for the printing of a revised edition of Senate procedure to be styled "Riddick's Senate Procedure" for the use of the Senate. Declares that such edition shall be subject to copyright by the author.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Committee on House Administration · House · discharged from, markup by, referred toSubcommittee: Procurement and Printing Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Jul 29, 1985Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-75.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jul 24, 1985PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jul 16, 1985FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Committee on House Administration
- Jul 10, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Committee on House Administration
- Jun 27, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Procurement and Printing Subcommittee of the House Committee on House Administration
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Procurement and Printing Subcommittee of the House Committee on House Administration
- Jun 6, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Procurement and Printing Subcommittee of the House Committee on House Administration
- Jun 4, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Committee on House Administration
- May 24, 1985FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
- 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.