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A bill to designate the Kern River as a national wild and scenic river.

Public Law 100-174 · S. 247 · 100th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Nov 24, 1987 · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA)

Cosponsors (1): Sen. Pete Wilson

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 363 yea, 26 nay363–26
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.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the North Fork Kern River and the South Fork Kern River, California, as wild and scenic rivers.

Authorizes appropriations.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 100th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 365 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

365 yea26 nay42 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(224)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-22
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Joseph BrennanD-ME-1
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30
Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. James GrantD-FL-2
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Ben CampbellD-CO-3
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Tommy RobinsonD-AR-2
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(141)

Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
Rep. Patricia SaikiR-HI-1
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. John RowlandR-CT-5
Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Joseph DioGuardiR-NY-20
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. Jack BuechnerR-MO-2
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4
Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Ernest KonnyuR-CA-12
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
Rep. Jack DavisR-IL-4
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21
Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Judd GreggR-NH-2
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Hank BrownR-CO-4
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1
Rep. Patrick SwindallR-GA-4
Rep. Eldon BoulterR-TX-13
Rep. Donald LukensR-OH-8
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Bob SmithR-NH-1
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 399 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: National Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: National Parks Subcommittee

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 18 actions.

Nov 24, 1987Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-174.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Nov 16, 1987PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Nov 9, 1987FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 363 - 26 (Record Vote No: 419).House roll call 419
Nov 5, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
Nov 4, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
Oct 27, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by National Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by National Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by National Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
Oct 9, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to National Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
Oct 6, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
Oct 1, 1987FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Sep 25, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Sep 16, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Apr 23, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Jan 6, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate

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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.

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.