Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994
Public Law 103-121 · H.R. 2519 · 103rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 27, 1993 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Neal Smith (D-IA-4)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 259 yea, 172 nay259–172
- SenateRecorded vote: 90 yea, 10 nay90–10
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 Justice and Related Agencies
Title II: Department of Commerce
Title III: The Judiciary
Title IV: Related Agencies
Title V: Department of State and Related Agencies
Title VI: General Provisions
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of Justice and Related Agencies - Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes FY 1994 appropriations to the Department of Justice.
(Sec. 103) Prohibits the use of funds to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, any abortion.
(Sec. 111) Increases bankruptcy filing fees. Requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to report to the congressional Judiciary Committees on the bankruptcy fee system.
Makes appropriations for the following related agencies for FY 1994: (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, 1994 - Makes FY 1994 appropriations to the Department of Commerce and related agencies.
Title III: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriations Act, 1994 - Appropriates FY 1994 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 Courts of Appeals, district courts, and judicial services; (5) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; and (7) the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Appropriates FY 1994 funds for: (1) the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation; (2) the Commission on Immigration Reform; (3) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (4) the Competitiveness Policy Council; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission; (7) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; (8) the Small Business Administration; (9) the Legal Services Corporation; and (10) the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Commission.
Title V: Department of State and Related Agencies - Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Appropriates FY 1994 funds for the Department of State.
Appropriates FY 1994 funds for: (1) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (2) the Board for International Broadcasting; (3) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (4) the International Trade Commission; (5) the Japan-United States Friendship Commission; and (6) the United States Information Agency.
Establishes the Advisory Panel on Radio Marti and TV Marti to study the purposes, policies, and practices of radio and television broadcasting to Cuba by the Cuba Service of the Voice of America. Requires a report to the Congress and the U.S. Information Agency.
Title VI: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations and prohibitions on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 606) Expresses the sense of the Congress that entities receiving assistance under this Act should purchase only American-made equipment and products to the extent feasible.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 259 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
259 yea172 nay2 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(157)
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35- Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-15
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
- Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-16
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30- Rep. Carrie MeekD-FL-17
- Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-10
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33- Rep. Lucien BlackwellD-PA-2
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
- 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. 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. 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. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
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. 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. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-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. Gary AckermanD-NY-5- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-19
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- 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. Dale KildeeD-MI-9- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-31
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-2
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-29
- Rep. Thomas BarlowD-KY-1
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13- Rep. Karan EnglishD-AZ-6
- Rep. Mike KreidlerD-WA-9
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
- 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. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
- Rep. Frank TejedaD-TX-28
- Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
- Rep. Ron KlinkD-PA-4
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. James BacchusD-FL-15
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36- Rep. Samuel CoppersmithD-AZ-1
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-4- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD- Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-20
- Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-19
- Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
Rep. Blanche LincolnD-AR-1- Rep. Don JohnsonD-GA-10
- Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. David MingeD-MN-2
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4- Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
Rep. Nathan DealD-GA-9- Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(102)
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-23
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-19
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21- Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-5
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18- Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3- Rep. Bob FranksR-NJ-7
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-13
- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-40- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-5- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-21
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10- Rep. Martin HokeR-OH-10
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. Michael HuffingtonR-CA-22
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-43- Rep. David LevyR-NY-4
- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
- Rep. Jay DickeyR-AR-4
- Rep. Jennifer DunnR-WA-8
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-7
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-8
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
- Rep. Charles CanadyR-FL-12
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Tim HutchinsonR-AR-3
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6- Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-51
- Rep. Jay KimR-CA-41
- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21- Rep. Dan MillerR-FL-13
Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-5
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-14
- Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-48
- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
- Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
- Rep. William ZeliffR-NH-1
- Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4
Rep. John LinderR-GA-4
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-27
- Rep. William BakerR-CA-10
Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. Mike CrapoR-ID-2- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
- Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-47
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6
Rep. David DreierR-CA-28- Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-46
- Rep. William PaxonR-NY-27
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-4- Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. Sam JohnsonR-TX-3
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-39
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-45- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
- Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 505 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: Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary 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. 206 actions.
- Oct 27, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-121.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 25, 1993PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 21, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment nos. 3, 5, 10, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 31, 34, 37, 44, 52, 63, 64, 67, 71, 73, 75, 78, 81, 84, 93, 97, 101, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 122, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 147, 148, 149, 150, 159, 161, 162…
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 90-10. Record Vote No: 323.Senate roll call 323
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 90-10. Record Vote No: 323.Senate roll call 323
- Oct 20, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- 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. 175 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 174 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 175.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House concur with the Senate amendment No. 171 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 174.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) moved that the House concur with the Senate amendment No. 171.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendment No. 171 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 259 - 172 (Roll No. 521).House roll call 521
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Kanjorski demanded that the question on the motion be divided. The House moves to consider the motion to recede.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 148 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 367 - 61 (Roll No. 520).House roll call 520
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 171.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 148.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 147 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 422 - 2 (Roll No. 519).House roll call 519
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Smith (IA) moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 147.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The House proceeded to continue consideration of amendments in disagreement accompanying the conference report on H.R. 2519 as unfinished business pursuant to a previous order of the House.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Smith of Iowa motion to recede and concur in Senate amendment No. 171. Senate amendment No. 171 appropriates $35,000,000 for the National Endowment for Democracy.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Smith of Iowa motion to recede and concur in Senate amendment No. 148 with an amendment. Senate amendment No. 148 provides funding for U.S. contributions for international peacekeeping activities. The proposed House ame…
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Smith of Iowa motion to recede and concur in Senate amendment No. 147 with an amendment. Senate amendment No. 147 provides for the contribution in funding by the United States to International Organizations. The propose…
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendment No. 171 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 259 - 172 (Roll No. 521).House roll call 521
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 148 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 367 - 61 (Roll No. 520).House roll call 520
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 147 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 422 - 2 (Roll No. 519).House roll call 519
- Oct 19, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 170 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.