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Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989
Public Law 101-321 · H.R. 3834 · 101st Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Jul 3, 1990 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA-5)
Cosponsors (47): Rep. Ron de Lugo, Rep. Kweisi Mfume,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 400 yea, 0 nay400–0
- 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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the route from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (traveled by the march dramatizing the need for voting rights legislation), for study for potential addition to the national trails system.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 101st Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 402 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
402 yea1 nay28 present or did not vote
Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative
Democrats who voted yea(236)
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
- 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 LehmanD-FL-17
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
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. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
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. David BoniorD-MI-12
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. 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 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. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
- Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
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. 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. Michael SynarD-OK-2
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. Robert WiseD-WV-3
- 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. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
- 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. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
- 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. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- 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. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
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. Byron DorganD-ND- Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
- Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
- 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. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- 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. Nick RahallD-WV-4- 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. James OlinD-VA-6
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1- Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- 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. 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. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
- 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. Ben CampbellD-CO-3
- 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. 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. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(166)
- 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. John RowlandR-CT-5
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
- Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45- Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-5
- 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. Joe BartonR-TX-6- Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2- Rep. Bob SmithR-NH-1
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
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 398 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.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Federal Lands Subcommittee
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: National Parks Subcommittee
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. 22 actions.
- Jul 3, 1990Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-321.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jun 21, 1990PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jun 14, 1990FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Jun 7, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 23, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 17, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 29, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Referred to National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 28, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 20, 1990FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 400 - 0 (Roll No. 33).House roll call 33
- FloorFloor · Yeas and Nays were ordered. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed.
- FloorFloor · On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Lightfoot demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Vento moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 14, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 6, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Jan 5, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 21, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources 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.