Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.
Public Law 102-163 · H.J.Res. 374 · 102nd Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Nov 15, 1991 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateRecorded vote: 91 yea, 4 nay91–4
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.
Extends the law making further continuing appropriations for FY 1992.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 91 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
91 yea4 nay5 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(51)
- Sen. Paul WellstoneD-MN
- Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
- Sen. Brock AdamsD-WA
- Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. James SasserD-TN
- Sen. Paul SimonD-IL
- Sen. Donald RiegleD-MI
Sen. Frank LautenbergD-NJ
Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
Sen. John KerryD-MA- Sen. David PryorD-AR
- Sen. Bill BradleyD-NJ
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE
Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV
Sen. Kent ConradD-ND- Sen. George MitchellD-ME
- Sen. Tom DaschleD-SD
Sen. Carl LevinD-MI- Sen. Albert GoreD-TN
- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
Sen. Daniel AkakaD-HI- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD- Sen. Timothy WirthD-CO
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Wyche FowlerD-GA
- Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
Sen. Max BaucusD-MT
Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM- Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
- Sen. James SanfordD-NC
- Sen. Dennis DeConciniD-AZ
- Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
Sen. Christopher DoddD-CT
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI
Sen. Herb KohlD-WI
Sen. Harry ReidD-NV- Sen. James ExonD-NE
- Sen. Richard BryanD-NV
- Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. Bob GrahamD-FL
Sen. Joseph LiebermanD-CT- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. Charles RobbD-VA
- Sen. John BreauxD-LA
- Sen. David BorenD-OK
- Sen. Howell HeflinD-AL
Sen. Richard ShelbyD-AL
Republicans who voted yea(40)
- Sen. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
Sen. Arlen SpecterR-PA- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. John ChafeeR-RI
- Sen. William CohenR-ME
- Sen. David DurenbergerR-MN
- Sen. Alfonse D’AmatoR-NY
- Sen. John DanforthR-MO
- Sen. Nancy KassebaumR-KS
- Sen. Robert KastenR-WI
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK- Sen. Slade GortonR-WA
- Sen. Warren RudmanR-NH
Sen. John WarnerR-VA
Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
Sen. Kit BondR-MO
Sen. Thad CochranR-MS- Sen. John SeymourR-CA
- Sen. Frank MurkowskiR-AK
Sen. John McCainR-AZ- Sen. Alan SimpsonR-WY
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY
Sen. Richard LugarR-IN- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
- Sen. Conrad BurnsR-MT
- Sen. Larry PresslerR-SD
Sen. Orrin HatchR-UT
Sen. Daniel CoatsR-IN- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. William RothR-DE
Sen. Trent LottR-MS- Sen. Connie MackR-FL
- Sen. Don NicklesR-OK
- Sen. Jake GarnR-UT
- Sen. Phil GrammR-TX
Sen. Larry CraigR-ID- Sen. Steven SymmsR-ID
- Sen. Malcolm WallopR-WY
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 250 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 record shows no committee referral for this bill.
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. 9 actions.
- Nov 15, 1991Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-163.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 14, 1991PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Nov 13, 1991FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-4. Record Vote No: 250.Senate roll call 250
- Nov 12, 1991FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - Pursuant to the unanimous consent agreement made earlier, the House proceeded with one hour of debate.
- FloorFloor · CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION - Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent that it shall be in order to consider in the House H.J. Res. 374; that the joint resolution be debatable for not to exceed one hour; that all points of order against the joint resolution and against its considera…
- 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.