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A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the selection of the court of appeals to decide multiple appeals filed with respect to the same agency order.

Public Law 100-236 · H.R. 1162 · 100th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Jan 8, 1988 · Law

Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Glickman (D-KS-4)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 379 yea, 0 nay379–0
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 Federal judicial code with regard to multiple appeals filed with respect to the same agency order to provide for consolidating the petitions for review in a court of appeals chosen by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation by random selection from among the courts of appeals in which petitions for review have been filed and received.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 100th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 383 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

383 yea0 nay49 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(226)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
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. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
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. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
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. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-19
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. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
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. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
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. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
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. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
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. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. James GrantD-FL-2
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
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. John SprattD-SC-5
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. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
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. 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. 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. 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(157)

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. 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. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
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. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
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. Bill SchuetteR-MI-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. 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. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
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. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
Rep. Ernest KonnyuR-CA-12
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Mac SweeneyR-TX-14
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
Rep. Jack DavisR-IL-4
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
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. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-31
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. Ron PackardR-CA-43
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. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
Rep. Patrick SwindallR-GA-4
Rep. Eldon BoulterR-TX-13
Rep. Connie MackR-FL-13
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Rep. Donald LukensR-OH-8
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-42
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Bob SmithR-NH-1
Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4
Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-5
Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 140 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.

Judiciary Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee · Senate · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.

Jan 8, 1988Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-236.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Dec 29, 1987PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Dec 19, 1987FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Judiciary Committee
Jun 10, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee
May 28, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
May 27, 1987FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 379 - 0 (Record Vote No: 146).House roll call 146
Apr 29, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Judiciary Committee
Apr 8, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Judiciary Committee
Mar 12, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
Feb 26, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
Feb 19, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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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.