Thereafter, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana moved to lay the proposal aside so the Senate could attend to other business. However, the proposal was never considered again and died when the 91st Congress ended on January 3, 1971.
Following this, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana proposed putting the proposal aside so that the Senate could focus on other matters. Nonetheless, the proposal was not revisited and ceased to exist upon the conclusion of the 91st Congress in January 1971.