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Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Act of 1989

Public Law 101-180 · H.R. 3532 · 101st Congress · began in the House

Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Nov 28, 1989 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Sponsor: Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA-10)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 389 yea, 0 nay389–0
SenateVoice vote

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Summary

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

Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Amends the United States Commission on Civil Rights Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations through FY 1991.

Extends the termination date of the Commission to September 30, 1991.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 101st Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 391 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

391 yea0 nay42 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(227)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Joseph BrennanD-ME-1
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
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. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
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. 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. Pete GerenD-TX-12
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
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. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
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. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
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. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4

Republicans who voted yea(164)

Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Patricia SaikiR-HI-1
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Peter SmithR-VT
Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
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. 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. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
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. 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. 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. 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. John WeberR-MN-2
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. Craig ThomasR-WY
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. 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. 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. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-40
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-42
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Charles DouglasR-NH-2
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
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. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26
Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
Rep. Mel HancockR-MO-7
Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 357 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 toSubcommittee: Civil and Constitutional Rights Subcommittee

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 21 actions.

Nov 28, 1989Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-180.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Nov 19, 1989PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Nov 17, 1989Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 389 - 0 (Roll No. 368).House roll call 368
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Edwards (CA) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment.
FloorFloor · On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
FloorFloor · Mr. Sensenbrenner demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 389 - 0 (Roll No. 368).House roll call 368
Nov 16, 1989FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Nov 15, 1989FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 278 - 135 (Roll no. 354).House roll call 354
Nov 14, 1989FloorFloor · Yeas and Nays were ordered. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed until Nov. 15.
FloorFloor · Mr. Edwards (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Judiciary Committee
Nov 8, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Civil and Constitutional Rights Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Civil and Constitutional Rights Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
Nov 1, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Civil and Constitutional Rights Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
Oct 26, 1989CommitteeCommittee · 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.