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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993

Public Law 102-394 · H.R. 5677 · 102nd Congress · began in the House

Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Oct 6, 1992 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. William Natcher (D-KY-2)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 363 yea, 47 nay363–47
  • 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.

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Summary

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

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following agencies within the Department of Labor: (1) Employment and Training Administration; (2) Labor-Management Standards; (3) Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (4) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (5) Employment Standards Administration; (6) Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (7) Mine Safety and Health Administration; (8) Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (9) Departmental Management.

Prohibits the use of funds to grant variances, interim orders, or letters of clarification to employers which will allow exposure of workers to chemicals or other workplace hazards in excess of existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for the purpose of conducting experiments on workers' health and safety.

Prohibits the use of funds to contract with a non-governmental entity to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps.

Prohibits the use of funds by the Job Corps program to pay the expenses of legal counsel or representation in any criminal case or proceeding for a Job Corps participant, unless certified to and approved by the Secretary of Labor that a public defender is not available.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to accept, employ, or dispose of gifts on behalf of the Department.

Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): (1) Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) Centers for Disease Control; (3) National Institutes of Health; (4) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (5) Assistant Secretary for Health; (6) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (7) Health Care Financing Administration; (8) Social Security Administration; (9) Administration for Children and Families; (10) Administration on Aging; and (11) Office of the Secretary.

Prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.

Prohibits the use of funds to provide special retention pay (bonuses) to any regular or reserve medical officer of the Public Health Service for any period during which the officer is assigned to the clinical, research, or staff associate program administered by the National Institutes of Health or the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Allows one-year contracts to be performed in two fiscal years as long as the amount for such contracts are obligated in the year for which the funds are appropriated.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization.

Allows the use of funds for the purchase of dedicated telephone service between the private residences of employees assigned to computer centers and the Federal computer centers.

Prohibits the use of funds to pay for any experiment, or other activity that presents a danger to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of a human participant or subject without the written, informed consent of the participant or subject (or their parents or legal guardian, if they are under 18 years old).

Prohibits any of the funds appropriated in this title for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration from being used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of $125,000 per year.

Prohibits the use of funds by the National Institute of Health, or any other Federal agency, or recipient of Federal funds on any project that entails the capture or procurement of chimpanzees obtained from the wild.

Authorizes the Secretary, when providing services or conducting activities for a State with respect to such program for which the Secretary is entitled to reimbursement by the State, to obtain such reimbursement as an offset against Federal payments to which the State would otherwise be entitled under such program from funds appropriated for the same or any subsequent fiscal year.

Limits the amount to be obligated for contracts with Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations.

Prohibits the use of funds to implement the model comprehensive program for the treatment of substance abuse in the national capital area.

Reduces funds appropriated to HHS, excluding the Office of Inspector General, by $110,000,000. Requires the FY 1994 budget justification material to specify amounts budgeted for certain administrative costs by appropriation account and by organizational entity, with comparisons to FY 1993 comparable amounts.

Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following purposes and agencies within the Department of Education: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) bilingual and immigrant education; (5) educational excellence; (6) rehabilitation services and disability research (including the Helen Keller National Center); (7) special institutions for the persons with disabilities (including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University); (8) vocational and adult education; (9) student financial assistance; (10) guaranteed student loans (liquidation of contract authority); (11) higher education; (12) Howard University; (13) higher education facilities loans; (14) college housing and academic facilities loans; (15) college housing loans; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) libraries; (18) departmental management; and (19) special education.

Sets forth general provisions relating to auditing of certain institutions and to prohibitions on use of funds for certain forms of busing, other transportation, or transfers of students for purposes of desegregation.

Prohibits the use of funds to prevent the implementing of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.

Makes funds currently available for a National Council on Educational Goals, or any similar entity, available, if authorized in law, through FY 1993 for operation of the currently existing National Education Goals Panel. Declares that current restrictions concerning Panel composition, appointment, and voting procedures shall not apply.

Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 to provide that changes in annual loan limits under the Perkins loan program do not apply to any loan made for the award year beginning July 1, 1992, if the loan does not result in a violation of such limits.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the definition of an institution of higher education to include an institution that has been granted preaccreditation standards within a reasonable period of time.

Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following agencies: (1) ACTION; (2) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (3) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (4) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (5) National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; (6) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (7) White House Conference on Library and Information Services; (8) National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Physician Payment Review Commission; (14) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (15) Railroad Retirement Board; (16) Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; (17) United States Institute of Peace; (18) United States Naval Home; and (19) the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education.

Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds to pay student assistance or any remuneration to an applicant for admission, student, teacher, or other employee of an institution of higher education if such individual has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of force (or assistance to others in such use) or the threat of force or the seizure of a property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent such institution's facility, administrative officials, or students from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies.

Reduces funds under this Act which are not mandated by law for programs, projects, or activities.

Requires, beginning in FY 1994 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Office of Management and Budget to establish funding for consulting services for each department and agency as a separate line item in budget requests.

Limits FY 1993 funds for consulting services to 92 percent of the amount estimated to be obligated or expended.

Prohibits the use of funds to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug unless the Surgeon General of the United States determines that such programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs. Allows the use of such funds for furtherance of demonstrations or studies authorized in the ADAMHA Reorganization Act (Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act).

Makes funds appropriated for the National Commission on Children available until expended.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 363 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

363 yea47 nay22 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(251)

  • Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
  • Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
  • Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
  • Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
  • Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
  • Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
  • Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
  • Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-29
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
  • Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
  • Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
  • Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
  • Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
  • Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-13
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
  • Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
  • Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
  • Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
  • Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
  • Rep. José SerranoD-NY-18
  • Rep. Lucien BlackwellD-PA-2
  • Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
  • Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
  • Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
  • Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
  • Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
  • Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
  • Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
  • Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
  • Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
  • Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
  • Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
  • Rep. William FordD-MI-15
  • Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
  • Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
  • Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
  • Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
  • Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
  • Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
  • Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
  • Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
  • Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
  • Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
  • Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
  • Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
  • Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
  • Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
  • Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
  • Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
  • Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
  • Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
  • Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
  • Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
  • Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
  • Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
  • Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
  • Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
  • Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
  • Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
  • Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
  • Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
  • Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
  • Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
  • Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
  • Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
  • Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
  • Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20
  • Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
  • Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
  • Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
  • Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
  • Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
  • Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
  • Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
  • Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
  • Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
  • Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
  • Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
  • Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
  • Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
  • Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
  • Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
  • Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
  • Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
  • Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
  • Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
  • Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
  • Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
  • Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
  • Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
  • Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
  • Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
  • Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
  • Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
  • Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
  • Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
  • Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
  • Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
  • Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
  • Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
  • Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
  • Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
  • Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30
  • Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
  • Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23
  • Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
  • Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
  • Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
  • Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
  • Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
  • Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
  • Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
  • Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
  • Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
  • Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
  • Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
  • Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
  • Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
  • Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
  • Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
  • Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
  • Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
  • Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
  • Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
  • Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2
  • Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
  • Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
  • Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
  • Rep. John CoxD-IL-16
  • Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
  • Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
  • Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
  • Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
  • Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
  • Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
  • Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
  • Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
  • Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
  • Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
  • Rep. Joan HornD-MO-2
  • Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
  • Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
  • Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
  • Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
  • Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
  • Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
  • Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
  • Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
  • Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
  • Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
  • Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
  • Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
  • Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
  • Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
  • Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
  • Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
  • Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
  • Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
  • Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
  • Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
  • Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
  • Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
  • Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
  • Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
  • Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
  • Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
  • Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
  • Rep. James BacchusD-FL-11
  • Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
  • Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
  • Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
  • Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
  • Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
  • Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
  • Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21
  • Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
  • Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-17
  • Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
  • Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
  • Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
  • Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
  • Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
  • Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
  • Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
  • Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
  • Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
  • Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
  • Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
  • Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-3
  • Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
  • Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
  • Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
  • Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
  • Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
  • Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
  • Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
  • Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
  • Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
  • Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
  • Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
  • Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
  • Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
  • Rep. Ben CampbellD-CO-3
  • Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
  • Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
  • Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
  • Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
  • Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
  • Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
  • Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
  • Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
  • Rep. Charles LukenD-OH-1
  • Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
  • Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
  • Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
  • Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
  • Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
  • Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
  • Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
  • Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
  • Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
  • Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
  • Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
  • Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
  • Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
  • Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
  • Rep. William OrtonD-UT-3
  • Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
  • Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
  • Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
  • Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
  • Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
  • Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
  • Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
  • Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4

Republicans who voted yea(112)

  • Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
  • Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
  • Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
  • Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
  • Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
  • Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
  • Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
  • Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
  • Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
  • Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
  • Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
  • Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
  • Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
  • Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
  • Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
  • Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
  • Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
  • Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27
  • Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
  • Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
  • Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
  • Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
  • Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
  • Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-14
  • Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
  • Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
  • Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
  • Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
  • Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
  • Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
  • Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
  • Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
  • Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Don YoungR-AK
  • Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
  • Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
  • Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
  • Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
  • Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
  • Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
  • Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
  • Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4
  • Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
  • Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
  • Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
  • Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
  • Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
  • Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
  • Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
  • Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
  • Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
  • Rep. Frank RiggsR-CA-1
  • Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
  • Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
  • Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
  • Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
  • Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
  • Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
  • Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
  • Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
  • Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
  • Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
  • Rep. Dave CampR-MI-10
  • Rep. Rick SantorumR-PA-18
  • Rep. Richard ZimmerR-NJ-12
  • Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
  • Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
  • Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
  • Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
  • Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
  • Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
  • Rep. Craig JamesR-FL-4
  • Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
  • Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
  • Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
  • Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
  • Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
  • Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
  • Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
  • Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
  • Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
  • Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
  • Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
  • Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
  • Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21
  • Rep. Porter GossR-FL-13
  • Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
  • Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-44
  • Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
  • Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
  • Rep. William ZeliffR-NH-1
  • Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
  • Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
  • Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
  • Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
  • Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
  • Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1
  • Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
  • Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
  • Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-14
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 871 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.

  • Appropriations Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported original measureSubcommittee: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  • Appropriations Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee
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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 177 actions.

  1. Oct 6, 1992Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-394.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Oct 5, 1992PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Oct 3, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed To the House amendment to the Senate amendments nos. 4, 12, 18, 24, 45, 52, 55, 60, 62, 65, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 87, 88, 95, 103, 112, 125, 135, 137, 138, 154, 163, 170, 171, 184, 191, 213, 214, 217, 236, 237, 238, and 239 by Voice Vote.
  5. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
  6. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
  8. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 239 Agreed to without objection.
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 238 Agreed to without objection.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 239.
  12. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 237 Agreed to without objection.
  13. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 238.
  14. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 236 Agreed to without objection.
  15. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 237.
  16. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 217 Agreed to without objection.
  17. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 236.
  18. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 214 Agreed to without objection.
  19. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 217.
  20. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 213 Agreed to without objection.
  21. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 214.
  22. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 191 Agreed to without objection.
  23. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 213.
  24. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 184 Agreed to without objection.
  25. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 191.
  26. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 171 Agreed to without objection.
  27. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 184.
  28. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 170 Agreed to without objection.
  29. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 171.
  30. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 163 Agreed to without objection.
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