Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994
Public Law 103-138 · H.R. 2520 · 103rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Nov 11, 1993 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Sidney Yates (D-IL-9)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 317 yea, 106 nay317–106
- SenateRecorded vote: 91 yea, 9 nay91–9
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 the Interior
Title II: Related Agencies
Title III: General Provisions
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 operation of the Department of the Interior.
Sets forth the uses and limitations for such appropriations.
Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should issue rules at the earliest practicable date on the issue of below-cost timber sales.
Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for, among other things, fossil energy research and development, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), and the SPR Account.
Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service for Indian health services and facilities.
Appropriates funds to: (1) the Department of Education for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian education; (2) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation; (3) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (4) the Smithsonian Institution; (5) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (6) restoration and repair of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution; (7) the National Gallery of Art; and (8) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Makes appropriations for: (1) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; (2) the Institute of Museum Services; (3) the Commission of Fine Arts; (4) National Capital arts and cultural affairs; (5) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (6) the National Capital Planning Commission; (7) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; (8) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and (9) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
Sets forth uses and prohibitions on such funds.
Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth uses and limitations of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 309) Amends Federal law to allow the Executive Director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum to be paid with nonappropriated funds.
(Sec. 310) Requires expenditures under this Act to comply with the Buy American Act.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that entities receiving Federal assistance should purchase only American-made equipment and products.
Prohibits Federal contracts with persons found to have falsely labeled a product with a "Made in America" inscription.
(Sec. 311) Provides for the salvage of timber in spotted owl habitat so long as the habitat is not rendered unsuitable and that the salvage is done in full compliance with all existing environmental and forest management laws.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 317 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
317 yea106 nay10 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(232)
- 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. 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. 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. Gary AckermanD-NY-5- 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. 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. Ron WydenD-OR-3
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. 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. 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. 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. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1- Rep. Leslie ByrneD-VA-11
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Lynn SchenkD-CA-49
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. James BacchusD-FL-15
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Maria CantwellD-WA-1
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6- Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-11
- Rep. Karen ShepherdD-UT-2
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36- Rep. Samuel CoppersmithD-AZ-1
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
- Rep. Marjorie Margolies-MezvinskyD-PA-13
- Rep. Pat DannerD-MO-6
- Rep. David MannD-OH-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-4- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
- 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. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Scotty BaeslerD-KY-6
- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
- 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. 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. David MingeD-MN-2
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. John TannerD-TN-8- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-19
- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Nathan DealD-GA-9- Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
- Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-18
- Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
Republicans who voted yea(85)
- 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. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2- 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. Peter BluteR-MA-3
- Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18- Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Rick LazioR-NY-2
- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3- Rep. Jack QuinnR-NY-30
- Rep. Bob FranksR-NJ-7
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
- Rep. Rick SantorumR-PA-18
- Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-5
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-13
- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
- Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-5- Rep. Tillie FowlerR-FL-4
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10- Rep. Richard ZimmerR-NJ-12
- Rep. Martin HokeR-OH-10
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. David LevyR-NY-4
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. John McHughR-NY-24- Rep. Jay DickeyR-AR-4
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-7
- Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2- Rep. Charles CanadyR-FL-12
- Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6- Rep. Jay KimR-CA-41
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2- Rep. Dan MillerR-FL-13
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6- Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-14
- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
Rep. Bob InglisR-SC-4- Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-2
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-11- Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-22
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6- Rep. William PaxonR-NY-27
- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-39
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-45
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 509 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: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Interior 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. 180 actions.
- Nov 11, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-138.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 10, 1993PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Nov 9, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion to recede from its amendment to Senate amendment No. 123 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Yates asked unanimous consent that the House recede from its amendment to Senate amendment No. 123.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments to Senate amendment nos. 1, 2, 4, 10, 12, 18, 23, 24, 38, 39, 62, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 81, 84, 90, 100, 102, 118, 120, 121, and 125. By Unanimous Consent.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded from its amendment nos. 123 and 124 by Unanimous Consent.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-9. Record Vote No: 359 .Senate roll call 359
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-9. Record Vote No: 359 .Senate roll call 359
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report considered in Senate. By Unanimous Consent.
- FloorFloor · Fourth cloture motion withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Nov 5, 1993FloorFloor · Fourth cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2520 presented in Senate.
- Oct 28, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report considered in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Third cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2520 not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote No: 340.Senate roll call 340
- Oct 26, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report considered in Senate. (CR S14292-14307, S14327-14345, S14347-14350)
- FloorFloor · Third cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2520 presented in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Second cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2520 not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-45. Record Vote No: 329.Senate roll call 329
- Oct 21, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report considered in Senate. By Unanimous Consent.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Second cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2520 presented in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2520 not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-41. Record Vote No: 326.Senate roll call 326
- Oct 20, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 125 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 insist on its disagreement to the Senate amendment No. 124 Agreed to by voice vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Yates moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 125.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Yates moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 124.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Clay moved that the House insist on its disagreement to the Senate amendment No. 124.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 123 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 317 - 106 (Roll no. 525).House roll call 525
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered 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.