Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994
Public Law 103-112 · H.R. 2518 · 103rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 21, 1993 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. William Natcher (D-KY-2)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 311 yea, 115 nay311–115
- SenateRecorded vote: 80 yea, 15 nay80–15
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Department of Labor
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services
Title III: Department of Education
Title IV: Related Agencies
Title V: General Provisions
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for agencies within the Department of Labor.
(Sec. 102) Prohibits benefit payments from the Employees' Compensation Fund for individuals convicted of defrauding the compensation program.
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Provides limitations on the use of appropriated funds.
Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for agencies and programs within the Department of Education.
Sets forth general provisions relating to the use of appropriated funds.
(Sec. 304) Prohibits the use of funds to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the following agencies or programs: (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 Libraries and Information Science; (6) National Council on Disability; (7) National Labor Relations Board; (8) National Mediation Board; (9) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (10) Physician Payment Review Commission; (11) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (12) Railroad Retirement Board; (13) Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; (14) United States Institute of Peace; and (15) United States Naval Home.
Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions on the use of the appropriated funds.
(Sec. 506) 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 determines that such programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs. Authorizes the use of such funds for demonstration or study purposes.
(Sec. 507) Requires expenditures under this Act to comply with the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 508) Provides for the calculation of black lung monthly benefit payments for months after December 1993 and before October 1994.
Rescinds certain amounts made available to the community investment program under a dire emergency supplemental appropriation.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the expenditure of funds for any abortion except when it is made known to the appropriate Federal entity or official that such procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother or that the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 311 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
311 yea115 nay7 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(240)
- Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-9
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35- Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-15
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-11
- Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-16
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-11
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12- Rep. Earl HilliardD-AL-7
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1- Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-11
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30- Rep. Carrie MeekD-FL-17
- Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7- Rep. Daniel HamburgD-CA-1
- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-10
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33- Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
- Rep. Lucien BlackwellD-PA-2
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
- Rep. William FordD-MI-13
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3- Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-29- Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-50- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-15
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Cleo FieldsD-LA-4- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-32
- Rep. Eva ClaytonD-NC-1
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-42
- Rep. Mel ReynoldsD-IL-2
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-5
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-26
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-3
- Rep. Walter TuckerD-CA-37
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Elizabeth FurseD-OR-1
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-24
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14- Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
- Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-19
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2- Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-9- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
- Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-7
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14- Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-11
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-9- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-31
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-2
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-29
- Rep. Thomas BarlowD-KY-1
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4- Rep. Karan EnglishD-AZ-6
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. Mike KreidlerD-WA-9
- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
- Rep. Thomas BarrettD-WI-5
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
- Rep. Herbert KleinD-NJ-8
- Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-8
- Rep. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
- Rep. Frank TejedaD-TX-28
- Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
- Rep. Ron KlinkD-PA-4
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1- Rep. Leslie ByrneD-VA-11
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Lynn SchenkD-CA-49
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. James BacchusD-FL-15
- Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
Rep. Maria CantwellD-WA-1- Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-11
- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
- Rep. Karen ShepherdD-UT-2
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36- Rep. Samuel CoppersmithD-AZ-1
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Marjorie Margolies-MezvinskyD-PA-13
- Rep. Pat DannerD-MO-6
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND- Rep. David MannD-OH-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-4- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD- Rep. Paul McHaleD-PA-15
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. Eric FingerhutD-OH-19
- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-20
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Scotty BaeslerD-KY-6
- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
- Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-19
- Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
Rep. Blanche LincolnD-AR-1- Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
- Rep. Peter BarcaD-WI-1
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-6- Rep. Don JohnsonD-GA-10
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12- Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
- Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-3
- Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
- Rep. James BarciaD-MI-5
- Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
- Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-19
- Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-20
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4- Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
- Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(71)
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-23
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-19
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
- Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21- Rep. Peter TorkildsenR-MA-6
- Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-5
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Peter BluteR-MA-3
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18- Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Rick LazioR-NY-2
- Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
- Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
- Rep. Bob FranksR-NJ-7
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
- Rep. Rick SantorumR-PA-18
- Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
- Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-5
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-13
- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-5- Rep. Tillie FowlerR-FL-4
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. David LevyR-NY-4
- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-7
- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
- Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
- Rep. Jay KimR-CA-41
- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4- Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 471 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.
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
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. 142 actions.
- Oct 21, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-112.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 20, 1993PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 18, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment nos. 6, 11, 15, 23, 24, 34, 41, 49, 54, 57, 58, 65, 68, 69, 74, 92, 104, 108, 111, 117, 123, 124, 129, and 133 by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-15. Record Vote No: 315.Senate roll call 315
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-15. Record Vote No: 315.Senate roll call 315
- Oct 7, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 133 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 129 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 133.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 124 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 129.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 123 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 124.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 120 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 123.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 117 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 120.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 111 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 117.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 108 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 111.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 104 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 108.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 92 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 104.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 74 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 92.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 70 Agreed to without objection.
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.