To implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America of March 24, 1989.
Public Law 101-14 · H.R. 1750 · 101st Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Apr 18, 1989 · International Affairs
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Foley (D-WA-5)
Cosponsors (10): Rep. Robert Michel, Rep. Anthony Coelho,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 309 yea, 110 nay309–110
- SenateRecorded vote: 89 yea, 9 nay89–9
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.
Declares that the purpose of this Act is to implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America of March 24, 1989.
Authorizes the President to transfer to the Agency for International Development (AID) unobligated funds from specified defense appropriations accounts for: (1) humanitarian assistance (including transportation expenses) to the Nicaraguan Resistance to be available through February 28, 1990; and (2) operating expenses of AID to be available through March 31, 1990.
Requires the transportation of such assistance to be arranged solely by AID in a manner consistent with the Bipartisan Accord. Prohibits the transportation of any assistance not specified by this Act.
Authorizes the President to transfer to AID an additional amount from the specified accounts for medical assistance for the civilian victims of Nicaraguan civil strife. Requires such assistance to be transported and administered by the Nicaraguan Catholic Church.
Encourages the President to submit proposals for actions to: (1) provide additional economic assistance to the democratic countries of Central America; (2) facilitate the ability of Central American economies to grow through the development of infrastructure, expansion of exports, and increased investment opportunities; (3) provide a plan to assist Central American countries in managing debt; and (4) develop such initiatives in concert with Western Europe, Japan, and other democratic allies.
Rescinds funds available for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy for 1989.
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds available under this Act to assist the Nicaraguan Resistance in military or paramilitary operations. Prohibits providing assistance under this Act to any group including an individual who has been found to engage in: (1) gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; or (2) drug smuggling or significant misuse of funds.
Grants congressional oversight for assistance under this Act to specified congressional committees.
Applies provisions of a specified Act concerning management and delivery of assistance to the Nicaraguan Resistance to assistance under this Act.
Prohibits additional U.S. assistance to the Nicaraguan Resistance unless authorized specifically by a subsequent Act.
Repeals title IX (Assistance for the Nicaraguan Resistance) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989.
Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on progress in the peace and democratization process, including the use of assistance under this Act.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 101st Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 313 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
313 yea111 nay8 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(154)
- Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
- Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
- Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2- Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
- Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
- Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
- Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
- Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
- Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
- Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
- Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
- Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
- Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11- Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-3- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
- Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
- Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
- Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4- Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
- Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
- Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
- Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
- Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
- Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
- Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
- Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
- Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
- Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
- Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
- Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
- Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(159)
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
- Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Patricia SaikiR-HI-1
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
- Rep. Peter SmithR-VT
- Rep. John RowlandR-CT-5
- Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27- Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13- Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-12
- Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
- Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
- Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
- Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
- Rep. James GrantD-FL-2
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
- Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Tommy RobinsonD-AR-2
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
- Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4- Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
- Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Bill SchuetteR-MI-10
- Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-14
- Rep. Jack BuechnerR-MO-2
- Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
- Rep. Craig JamesR-FL-4
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
- Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8- Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
- Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
- Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35- Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4- Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-13
- Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6- Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
- Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
- Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
- Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21- Rep. Hank BrownR-CO-4
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6- Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
- Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
- Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
- Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33- Rep. Donald LukensR-OH-8
Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1- Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
- Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
- Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
- Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
- Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-40
- Rep. Larkin SmithR-MS-5
- Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-42
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6- Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2- Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4- Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9- Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
- Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
- Rep. Mel HancockR-MO-7
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 23 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.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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. 18 actions.
- Apr 18, 1989Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-14.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Apr 14, 1989PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Apr 13, 1989FloorFloor · Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed in lieu of S. 760 without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-9. Record Vote No: 44.Senate roll call 44
- FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 309 - 110 (Roll no. 27).House roll call 27
- FloorFloor · On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 94 - 329 (Roll no. 26).House roll call 26
- FloorFloor · On ordering the previous question on the motion to recommit Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- FloorFloor · Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1750 with 4 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Upon adoption of the rule, all points of order against the bill and against its consideration are …
- FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 127 passed House.
- Apr 12, 1989FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 127 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1750 with 4 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Upon adoption of the rule, all points of…
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Apr 11, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Apr 10, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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.