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A bill to designate Morgan and Lawrence Counties in Alabama as a single metropolitan statical area.

Public Law 100-258 · S. 1447 · 100th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Mar 14, 1988 · Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Shelby (D-AL)

Cosponsors (1): Sen. Howell Heflin

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 284 yea, 122 nay284–122
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.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider designation of Morgan and Lawrence Counties, Alabama, as a single metropolitan statistical area, without regard to the portion of the Bankhead National Forest in Lawrence County.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 100th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 285 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

285 yea122 nay26 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(239)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
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. 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. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
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. John DingellD-MI-16
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. 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. 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. 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. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
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. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
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. 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. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-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. 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 BoscoD-CA-1
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. Robert ClementD-TN-5
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. 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. 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. 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. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(46)

Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
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. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. George WortleyR-NY-27
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
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. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Jack BuechnerR-MO-2
Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
Rep. Ernest KonnyuR-CA-12
Rep. Mac SweeneyR-TX-14
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
Rep. Donald LukensR-OH-8
Rep. Bob SmithR-NH-1

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 502 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.

Post Office and Civil Service Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Census and Population Subcommittee

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 12 actions.

Mar 14, 1988Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-258.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Mar 4, 1988PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Mar 2, 1988FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 284 - 122 (Record Vote No: 16).House roll call 16
Feb 9, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Feb 3, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Nov 17, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Census and Population Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Census and Population Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Jul 1, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Census and Population Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Jun 30, 1987FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jun 26, 1987IntroducedIntroduced · 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.