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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995

Public Law 103-283 · H.R. 4454 · 103rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Jul 22, 1994 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Victor Fazio (D-CA-3)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseVoice vote
  • SenateRecorded vote: 73 yea, 27 nay73–27
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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: Congressional Operations

Title II: Other Agencies

Title III: General Provisions

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1995 - Appropriates funds for FY 1995 for the operation of the Senate.

Provides for a payment to the widow of Representative William H. Natcher of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Appropriates funds for FY 1995 for the operation of the House of Representatives and for joint items between the House and the Senate.

Makes FY 1995 appropriations for: (1) the Office of Technology Assessment; (2) the Congressional Budget Office; (3) the Architect of the Capitol; (4) the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress; and (5) congressional printing and binding of the Government Printing Office.

Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates FY 1995 funds for the salaries and expenses of the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress (with administrative limitations), the Copyright Office, the Government Printing Office, and the General Accounting Office. Appropriates funds to the Architect of the Capitol for maintenance of Library of Congress buildings and grounds.

Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 to remove the requirement that ten percent of employee positions reduced in FY 1994 be at grade levels GS-14 and above.

(Sec. 307) Amends Federal law to raise the mandatory retirement age for Capitol Police from 55 to 57.

(Sec. 308) Expresses the sense of the Congress that funds under this Act should be used to purchase American-made equipment and products.

(Sec. 310) Makes funds available to the Capitol Police Board for the purchase and installation of x-ray machines and magnetometers.

(Sec. 311) Requires certain amounts to be withheld from obligation and only made available to the extent necessary to cover certain increases in pay and allowances.

(Sec. 312) Architect of the Capitol Human Resources Act - Directs the Architect of the Capitol to establish and maintain a personnel management system consistent with the practices common among Federal and private sector organizations.

Who voted for it

Every senator of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 73 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

73 yea27 nay

Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(49)

  • Sen. Paul WellstoneD-MN
  • Sen. Barbara BoxerD-CA
  • Sen. Paul SimonD-IL
  • Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
  • Sen. George MitchellD-ME
  • Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
  • Sen. Donald RiegleD-MI
  • Sen. Patty MurrayD-WA
  • Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
  • Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
  • Sen. Tom HarkinD-IA
  • Sen. David PryorD-AR
  • Sen. Carol Moseley BraunD-IL
  • Sen. Daniel AkakaD-HI
  • Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
  • Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA
  • Sen. Carl LevinD-MI
  • Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV
  • Sen. Tom DaschleD-SD
  • Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI
  • Sen. James SasserD-TN
  • Sen. Harlan MathewsD-TN
  • Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE
  • Sen. Bill BradleyD-NJ
  • Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD
  • Sen. John KerryD-MA
  • Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV
  • Sen. Christopher DoddD-CT
  • Sen. Harris WoffordD-PA
  • Sen. John GlennD-OH
  • Sen. Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
  • Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
  • Sen. Byron DorganD-ND
  • Sen. Harry ReidD-NV
  • Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
  • Sen. Richard BryanD-NV
  • Sen. Bob GrahamD-FL
  • Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
  • Sen. John BreauxD-LA
  • Sen. Dennis DeConciniD-AZ
  • Sen. Charles RobbD-VA
  • Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM
  • Sen. David BorenD-OK
  • Sen. Joseph LiebermanD-CT
  • Sen. Ben CampbellD-CO
  • Sen. Robert KerreyD-NE
  • Sen. James ExonD-NE
  • Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
  • Sen. Richard ShelbyD-AL

Republicans who voted yea(24)

  • Sen. Jim JeffordsR-VT
  • Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
  • Sen. John ChafeeR-RI
  • Sen. David DurenbergerR-MN
  • Sen. Arlen SpecterR-PA
  • Sen. William CohenR-ME
  • Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
  • Sen. Nancy KassebaumR-KS
  • Sen. Ted StevensR-AK
  • Sen. John DanforthR-MO
  • Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
  • Sen. Kit BondR-MO
  • Sen. Slade GortonR-WA
  • Sen. Alfonse D’AmatoR-NY
  • Sen. Thad CochranR-MS
  • Sen. Conrad BurnsR-MT
  • Sen. Alan SimpsonR-WY
  • Sen. Robert BennettR-UT
  • Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA
  • Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
  • Sen. Frank MurkowskiR-AK
  • Sen. Connie MackR-FL
  • Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
  • Sen. Malcolm WallopR-WY
Data notes

The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 578 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.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 57 actions.

  1. Jul 22, 1994Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-283.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Jul 13, 1994PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Jul 1, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 73-27. Record Vote No: 183.Senate roll call 183
  5. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 73-27. Record Vote No: 183.Senate roll call 183
  6. Jun 30, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
  7. Jun 29, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.
  8. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Fazio brought up conference report H. Rept. 103-567 for consideration as a privileged matter.
  12. FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 470 passed House.
  13. FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 470 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 4454. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
  14. Jun 28, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 103-567 filed.
  15. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 103-567 filed.
  16. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  17. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  18. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The Speaker appointed conferees: Fazio, Moran, Obey, Murtha, Carr, Chapman, Sabo, Young (FL), Packard, Taylor (NC), and McDade.
  19. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
  21. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
  22. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Young (FL) moved that the House instruct conferees.
  23. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
  24. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Fazio asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
  25. Jun 16, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate insists on its amendments asks for a conference, appoints conferees Reid; Mikulski; Murray; Byrd; Mack; Burns; Hatfield.
  26. FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
  27. FloorFloor · Amendment SP 1817 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  28. FloorFloor · Amendment SP 1816 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  29. FloorFloor · Amendment SP 1815 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  30. FloorFloor · Amendment SP 1814 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.