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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993

Public Law 102-395 · H.R. 5678 · 102nd Congress · began in the House

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

Sponsor: Rep. Neal Smith (D-IA-4)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 302 yea, 117 nay302–117
  • SenateRecorded vote: 82 yea, 16 nay82–16
Data notes

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Summary

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

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Justice and Related Agencies - Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) Office of Justice programs; (2) general administration, including the Office of Inspector General, the Quantico Training Center, the Executive Office for Weed and Seed; (3) the United States Parole Commission; (4) legal activities; (5) radiation exposure compensation; (6) interagency law enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (10) the Commission on Immigration Reform; (11) the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Commission; and (12) the Federal Prison System.

Authorizes the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, to make expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to carry out its program. Limits the administrative expenses of such corporation.

Continues certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations.

Prohibits the use of funds to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case of rape. Prohibits the use of funds to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, any abortion.

Prohibits the payment of a fact-witness fee to a person who is incarcerated.

Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress on a study of the effect of amending the Financial Right to Privacy Act to allow nondepository licensed transmitters of duns to be reimbursed to the same extent as financial institutions under that Act.

Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, to: (1) evaluate existing and proposed anti-stalking legislation in the States; (2) develop model anti-stalking legislation that is constitutional and enforceable; (3) prepare and disseminate findings to State authorities; and (4) report findings to the Congress and the need or appropriateness of further action by the Federal Government by September 30, 1993.

Provides for the transfer of funds among Department of Justice appropriations.

Requires the Attorney General to collect fees (up to the cost of one year of incarceration) to cover the cost of confinement from persons committed to his custody upon conviction in the U.S. District Courts.

Establishes the Diversion Control Fee Account for the operation of the Drug Enforcement Administration's diversion control program.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to establish a separate account to be known as the Breached Bond/Detention Fund to refund expenses incurred in the collection of breached bonds and for expenses associated with the detention of illegal aliens. Provides funding for such account.

Provides for the processing of applications for naturalization, including the necessary interviews, and oaths of allegiance to be conducted in the Philippines by employees of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Amends Federal law to allow, for FY 1993 only, the transfer of surplus Assets Forfeiture Funds to the appropriations for the Support of U.S. prisoners and U.S. attorneys. Allows funds from such Fund to be used under authorities available to the organizations receiving them.

Directs the General Accounting Office to report to the Congress on their explanation for failing to comply with reporting requirements on the semi-annual financial reviews of the Independent Counsel.

Makes appropriations for the following related agencies for FY 1993: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (3) the Federal Communications Commission; (4) the Federal Maritime Commission; (5) the Federal Trade Commission; (6) the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (7) the State Justice Institute.

Title II: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of Commerce for: (1) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (2) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) general administration, including the Office of Inspector General; (4) the Bureau of the Census; (5) economic and statistical analysis; (6) the International Trade Administration; (7) export administration; (8) the Minority Business Development Agency; (9) the United States Travel and Tourism Administration; (10) the Patent and Trademark Office; (11) the Technology Administration; (12) the establishment of a National Technical Information Service Revolving Fund; (13) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and (14) the Economic Development Administration.

Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to support the hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and activities that are under the control of the United States Air Force or the United States Air Force Reserve.

Prohibits the use of funds to reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund or any other account of the Treasury to pay unemployment compensation for temporary census workers for services performed after April 20, 1990.

Provides for the transfer of funds among Department of Commerce appropriations.

Title III: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriations Act, 1993 - Appropriates FY 1993 funds for activities of the Judiciary, including: (1) the Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the Court of Appeals, district courts, and judicial services; (5) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; (7) the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal; and (8) the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Makes funds available for the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and the Special Court established under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.

Provides for the transfer of funds among Judiciary appropriations.

Authorizes U.S. justices and judges to receive a salary adjustment in FY 1993.

Title IV: Related Agencies - Appropriates FY 1993 funds for: (1) the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation; (2) the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; (3) the Commission on Agricultural Workers; (4) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (5) the Competitiveness Policy Council; (6) the Marine Mammal Commission; (7) the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission; (8) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; (9) the Legal Services Corporation; and (10) the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Prohibits the use of funds by the SBA to guarantee certain participating securities until legislation has been enacted which directly or indirectly prohibits the filing of a petition under the Bankruptcy Code by certain licensed small business investment companies.

Title V: Department of State and Related Agencies - Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Appropriates FY 1993 funds for: (1) the Department of State for the administration of foreign affairs; (2) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (3) the Board for International Broadcasting; (4) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (5) the International Trade Commission; (6) the Japan-United States Friendship Commission; (7) the United States Information Agency (USIA); (8) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program; and (9) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program.

Provides for the transfer of funds among Department of State appropriations.

Prohibits the use of funds for contracts with any foreign or U.S. firm that complies with the Arab League Boycott of the State of Israel or with any foreign or U.S. firm that discriminates in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion.

Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to repeal provisions regarding U.S.-Soviet reciprocity concerning occupancy of the new Soviet chancery building in the District of Columbia.

Provides for the USIA to establish a technical assistance center for Russia at an American university, in a region which receives non-stop air service to and from the Russian Far East, to facilitate business opportunities, free markets, and democratic institutions in the Russian Far East.

Title VI: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations and prohibitions on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

Requires FY 1993 pay raises to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that entities purchasing goods or services with funds under this Act should, to the maximum extent feasible where available, purchase only American-made equipment, products, and services.

Prohibits the use of funds for the construction, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located outside the United States.

Applies the bribery statute to the United States Trade Representative for the three years after termination of such service.

Establishes a pilot immigration program involving a regional center in the United States for the promotion of economic growth.

Provides for the distribution of grant funds made available to the Legal Services Corporation.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 302 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

302 yea117 nay13 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(231)

  • Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
  • Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
  • Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
  • Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
  • Rep. John ConyersD-MI-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. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
  • Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
  • Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
  • Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
  • Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
  • Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
  • Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
  • Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
  • 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. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
  • Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
  • Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
  • Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
  • 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. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
  • Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
  • Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
  • 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. 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. 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. 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. Bart GordonD-TN-6
  • Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
  • Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
  • Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
  • 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. 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. John WilliamsD-MT-1
  • Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
  • 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. William BrewsterD-OK-3
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
  • Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
  • Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-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. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
  • Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
  • Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
  • Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
  • Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
  • Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
  • Rep. Charles LukenD-OH-1
  • Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
  • Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
  • Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
  • Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
  • Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
  • Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
  • Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
  • Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
  • 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(71)

  • 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. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
  • Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
  • Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
  • Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
  • Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
  • Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
  • Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
  • Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
  • Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
  • 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. John MillerR-WA-1
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
  • Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
  • Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
  • Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4
  • Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
  • Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
  • Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
  • Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
  • Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
  • Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
  • Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
  • Rep. Frank RiggsR-CA-1
  • Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
  • Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
  • 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. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
  • Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
  • Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
  • Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
  • Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
  • Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
  • Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
  • Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
  • Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
  • Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
  • Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
  • Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
  • Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
  • Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
  • Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
  • Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 862 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: Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 40 actions.

  1. Oct 6, 1992Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-395.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Oct 5, 1992PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Oct 1, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 82-16. Record Vote No: 260.Senate roll call 260
  5. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 82-16. Record Vote No: 260.Senate roll call 260
  6. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 302 - 117 (Roll No. 448).House roll call 448
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 302 - 117 (Roll No. 448).House roll call 448
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) brought up conference report H. Rept. 102-918 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 582.
  12. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
  13. Sep 28, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 102-918 filed.
  14. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 102-918 filed.
  15. Sep 25, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  16. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  17. Sep 10, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The Speaker appointed conferees: Smith (IA), Alexander, Early, Carr, Mollohan, Pelosi, Whitten, Rogers, Regula, Kolbe, and McDade.
  19. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
  20. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference
  21. Aug 3, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Hollings; Inouye; Bumpers; Lautenberg; Sasser; Adams; Byrd; Rudman; Stevens; Hatfield; Kasten; Gramm.
  22. FloorFloor · Passed Senate in lieu of S. 3026 pursuant to the order of July 27, 1992 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  23. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  24. Jul 30, 1992FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  25. FloorFloor · On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 153 (Roll no. 354).House roll call 354
  26. FloorFloor · The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
  27. FloorFloor · The previous question was ordered without objection.
  28. FloorFloor · On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
  29. FloorFloor · On motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union Agreed to by voice vote.
  30. FloorFloor · On motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 253 - 148 (Roll no. 349).House roll call 349
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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.