A bill to redesignate the Calamus Dam and Reservoir authorized under the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 as the Virginia Smith Dam and Calamus Lake Recreation Area.
Public Law 101-359 · S. 1875 · 101st Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Aug 10, 1990 · Commemorations
Sponsor: Sen. James Exon (D-NE)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Robert Kerrey
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateRecorded vote: 97 yea, 1 nay97–1
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.
Redesignates the Calamus Dam and Reservoir in the North Loup division of the Missouri River Basin project as the Virginia Smith Dam and Calamus Lake Recreation Area.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 101st Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 97 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
97 yea1 nay2 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(55)
- Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
- Sen. Brock AdamsD-WA
Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD- Sen. Paul SimonD-IL
- Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
- Sen. James SasserD-TN
- Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
Sen. Tom HarkinD-IA
Sen. Kent ConradD-ND- Sen. Tom DaschleD-SD
- Sen. Donald RiegleD-MI
- Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
Sen. John KerryD-MA- Sen. Bill BradleyD-NJ
- Sen. David PryorD-AR
Sen. Daniel AkakaD-HI
Sen. Frank LautenbergD-NJ- Sen. Timothy WirthD-CO
Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
- Sen. George MitchellD-ME
Sen. Carl LevinD-MI
Sen. Herb KohlD-WI
Sen. Christopher DoddD-CT- Sen. Albert GoreD-TN
- Sen. Robert KerreyD-NE
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE
Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI- Sen. James SanfordD-NC
Sen. Joseph LiebermanD-CT- Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
- Sen. John GlennD-OH
- Sen. Wyche FowlerD-GA
- Sen. Richard BryanD-NV
Sen. Max BaucusD-MT
Sen. Harry ReidD-NV- Sen. Dennis DeConciniD-AZ
- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
- Sen. John BreauxD-LA
- Sen. James ExonD-NE
- Sen. Bob GrahamD-FL
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. Charles RobbD-VA
- Sen. Alan DixonD-IL
- Sen. David BorenD-OK
Sen. Richard ShelbyD-AL- Sen. Howell HeflinD-AL
Republicans who voted yea(42)
- Sen. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
- Sen. William CohenR-ME
- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. Henry HeinzR-PA
Sen. Arlen SpecterR-PA- Sen. David DurenbergerR-MN
- Sen. Alfonse D’AmatoR-NY
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
Sen. John WarnerR-VA- Sen. Nancy KassebaumR-KS
- Sen. Larry PresslerR-SD
- Sen. Warren RudmanR-NH
- Sen. Robert KastenR-WI
- Sen. Pete WilsonR-CA
- Sen. Slade GortonR-WA
Sen. Thad CochranR-MS
Sen. John McCainR-AZ- Sen. Rudy BoschwitzR-MN
- Sen. Frank MurkowskiR-AK
- Sen. Alan SimpsonR-WY
Sen. Orrin HatchR-UT- Sen. William RothR-DE
Sen. Richard LugarR-IN
Sen. Kit BondR-MO
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA- Sen. Conrad BurnsR-MT
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
Sen. Daniel CoatsR-IN
Sen. Trent LottR-MS- Sen. Phil GrammR-TX
- Sen. Connie MackR-FL
- Sen. Don NicklesR-OK
- Sen. Jake GarnR-UT
- Sen. James McClureR-ID
- Sen. William ArmstrongR-CO
- Sen. Steven SymmsR-ID
- Sen. Malcolm WallopR-WY
- Sen. Jesse HelmsR-NC
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 425 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 · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources 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. 19 actions.
- Aug 10, 1990Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-359.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Aug 3, 1990PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jul 31, 1990FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Vento asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Vento asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Public Works and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of the bill and that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Agreed to without objection.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Jun 14, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Jun 12, 1990FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97-1. Record Vote No: 113.Senate roll call 113
- FloorFloor · The committee substitute agreed to by Voice Vote.
- May 22, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Nov 14, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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.