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Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994

Public Law 103-123 · H.R. 2403 · 103rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 28, 1993 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD-5)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 207 yea, 206 nay207–206
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Department of the Treasury

Title II: Postal Service

Title III: Executive Office of the President

Title IV: Independent Agencies

Title V: General Provisions (This Act)

Title VI: Governmentwide General Provisions

Title VII: Revenue Forgone Reform

Title VIII: General Provisions

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury and its related agencies for FY 1994.

Sets forth provisions on the uses of such appropriations.

Title II: Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes appropriations to the Postal Service Fund for FY 1994.

Title III: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the Executive Office of the President and related offices and programs.

Title IV: Independent Agencies - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the following independent agencies: (1) the General Services Administration; (2) the Office of Personnel Management; (3) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; (4) the Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled; (5) the Federal Election Commission; (6) the Federal Labor Relations Authority; (7) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (8) the National Archives and Records Administration; (9) the Office of Government Ethics; (10) the Office of Special Counsel; and (11) the United States Tax Court.

Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; and (2) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

Rescinds certain amounts made available to the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation.

Specifies uses of funds provided to the General Services Administration.

Title V: General Provisions (This Act) - Sets forth certain prohibitions and limitations on the use of appropriations made under this Act.

(Sec. 517) Requires FY 1994 pay raises to be absorbed within levels appropriated by this Act. Prohibits the annual adjustment to pay schedules of Federal employees in FY 1994.

(Sec. 524) Facilitates a transfer of property in Suitland, Maryland, to enable the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to construct a metrorail station and related surface facilities.

(Sec. 525) Requires the implementation of the plan to consolidate the operations of the Bureau of the Public Debt in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

(Sec. 529) Requires entities appropriated funds under this Act to comply with the Buy American Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress to such effect.

(Sec. 531) Transfers certain lands to the 19 Pueblo tribes of New Mexico.

(Sec. 532) Transfers certain lands in Holbrook, Arizona, from the Department of the Air Force to the National Park Service.

Title VI: Governmentwide General Provisions - Sets forth certain requirements for and prohibitions and limitations on the use of appropriations by departments, agencies, and corporations.

(Sec. 626) Prohibits the use of funds by former Presidents for partisan political activities.

(Sec. 628) Amends the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 to provide for the Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(Sec. 630) Requires Federal instrumentalities to ensure that its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual harassment.

Title VII: Revenue Forgone Reform - Revenue Forgone Reform Act - Amends postal law to repeal the authorization of appropriations for revenues forgone appropriations for nonprofit second-class, classroom second-class, in-county second-class, nonprofit third-class, and library rate mail.

(Sec. 705) Eliminates the use of nonprofit third-class mail for promoting any item or service for which an organization is subject to unrelated business income tax.

(Sec. 706) Makes all commercial mailers ineligible for library rate mail.

(Sec. 707) Expresses the sense of the Congress that any legislation which would have the effect of expanding the classes of mail or kinds of mailers eligible for reduced rates of postage should provide for sufficient funding to ensure that neither any losses to the United States Postal Service nor any increase in the rates of postage for other classes of mail or kinds of mailers will result.

Title VIII: General Provisions - Authorizes the Administration to establish the National Partnership Council with interagency assistance from the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 207 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

207 yea206 nay20 present or did not vote

Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(196)

  • 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Gary AckermanD-NY-5
  • Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
  • Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-5
  • 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. 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. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
  • Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
  • Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
  • Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
  • Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-2
  • 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. 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. Herbert KleinD-NJ-8
  • 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. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
  • Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
  • Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
  • Rep. Leslie ByrneD-VA-11
  • 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. John WilliamsD-MT-1
  • Rep. Karen ShepherdD-UT-2
  • 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. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
  • Rep. Marjorie Margolies-MezvinskyD-PA-13
  • 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. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
  • Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
  • Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
  • Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
  • Rep. Eric FingerhutD-OH-19
  • Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
  • Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
  • Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-20
  • Rep. Scotty BaeslerD-KY-6
  • Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
  • Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-19
  • Rep. Blanche LincolnD-AR-1
  • Rep. Peter BarcaD-WI-1
  • Rep. Don JohnsonD-GA-10
  • Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
  • Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
  • Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
  • Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
  • Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
  • Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
  • Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
  • Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
  • Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
  • Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
  • Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
  • Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
  • Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-18

Republicans who voted yea(11)

  • Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
  • Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
  • Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
  • Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
  • Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
  • Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
  • Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
  • Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
  • Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
  • Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
  • Rep. James LightfootR-IA-3
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 461 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: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Subcommittee
  • Appropriations Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Treasury and General Government Subcommittee
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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 60 actions.

  1. Oct 28, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-123.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Oct 27, 1993PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Oct 26, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Oct 20, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.
  7. Sep 30, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
  8. Sep 29, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 207 - 206 (Roll no. 476).House roll call 476
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 207 - 206 (Roll no. 476).House roll call 476
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
  12. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Hoyer brought up conference report H. Rept. 103-256 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 261.
  13. FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 261 passed House.
  14. Sep 28, 1993FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 261 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2403. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived.
  15. Sep 24, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 103-256 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
  16. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 103-256 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
  17. Sep 23, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  18. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  19. Sep 9, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · The Speaker appointed conferees: Hoyer, Visclosky, Darden, Olver, Bevill, Sabo, Natcher, Lightfoot, Wolf, Istook, and McDade.
  20. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  21. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
  22. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
  23. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Lightfoot moved that the House instruct conferees.
  24. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
  25. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
  26. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Lightfoot motion to instruct conferees on the part of the House to insist on the House position on Senate amendment No. 38, to insist on disagreement to the Senate amendment No. 43 for only that part of the amendment on…
  27. Aug 3, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate insists on its amendment asks for a conference, appoints conferees DeConcini; Mikulski; Kerrey; Byrd; Bond; D'Amato; Hatfield.
  28. FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 73-27. Record Vote No: 236.Senate roll call 236
  29. FloorFloor · Amendment SP 754 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  30. FloorFloor · Amendment SP 753 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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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.