Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995
Public Law 103-332 · H.R. 4602 · 103rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Sep 30, 1994 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Sidney Yates (D-IL-9)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateRecorded vote: 92 yea, 7 nay92–7
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, 1995 - Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 operation of the Department of the Interior.
Sets forth the uses and limitations for such appropriations, including use of Bureau of Indian Affairs school system funds.
Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service.
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; (8) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; and (9) 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. 307) 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.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 92 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
92 yea7 nay1 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(55)
- Sen. Paul WellstoneD-MN
- Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
Sen. Russell FeingoldD-WI
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. Kent ConradD-ND- 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. Frank LautenbergD-NJ- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
Sen. Max BaucusD-MT- 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. Herb KohlD-WI- 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. Howell HeflinD-AL
Sen. Richard ShelbyD-AL
Republicans who voted yea(37)
- 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. John WarnerR-VA
Sen. Kit BondR-MO- Sen. Slade GortonR-WA
- Sen. Alfonse D’AmatoR-NY
Sen. Richard LugarR-IN
Sen. Thad CochranR-MS- Sen. Conrad BurnsR-MT
- Sen. Alan SimpsonR-WY
Sen. Kay HutchisonR-TX
Sen. Robert BennettR-UT
Sen. Daniel CoatsR-IN
Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
Sen. Orrin HatchR-UT- Sen. Connie MackR-FL
- Sen. Paul CoverdellR-GA
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. Larry PresslerR-SD
Sen. John McCainR-AZ
Sen. Trent LottR-MS- Sen. Phil GrammR-TX
- Sen. Dirk KempthorneR-ID
Sen. Larry CraigR-ID- Sen. Don NicklesR-OK
- Sen. Malcolm WallopR-WY
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 706 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. 99 actions.
- Sep 30, 1994Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-332.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 28, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-7. Record Vote No: 311.Senate roll call 311
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-7. Record Vote No: 311.Senate roll call 311
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report considered in Senate.
- Sep 27, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by voice vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Myers moved to recommit to the conference committee.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Yates brought up conference report H. Rept. 103-740 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 547.
- FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 547 passed House.
- Sep 26, 1994FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 547 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 4602. All points of order against the conference report and against it's consideration shall be waived.
- Sep 22, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 103-740 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 103-740 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Sep 21, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference held.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conference held.
- Sep 13, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · The Speaker appointed conferees: Yates, Murtha, Dicks, Bevill, Skaggs, Coleman, Obey, Regula, McDade, Kolbe, and Packard.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 318 - 64 (Roll no. 421).House roll call 421
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Regula moved that the House instruct conferees.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dicks asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Regula motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the House position on Senate amendments Nos. 67 and 68. The House position imposes…
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.