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Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993

Public Law 103-50 · H.R. 2118 · 103rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Jul 2, 1993 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. William Natcher (D-KY-2)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 280 yea, 138 nay280–138
  • SenateVoice vote
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1993.

Makes additional appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Soil Conservation Service, the Rural Development Administration and the Farmers Home Administration. Rescinds certain amounts available to the Rural Development Administration, the Farmers Home Administration, and the Human Nutrition Information Service.

Provides for the use of Commodity Credit Corporations funds for certain losses of crop production in 1993. Allows the transfer of funds from specified accounts for agricultural natural disaster assistance.

Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Food and Drug Administration; (2) the Department of Commerce for minority business development; (3) the Department of Justice for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Office of Justice Programs; (4) the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services; (5) the Department of Transportation; (6) the Federal Communications Commission; (7) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; and (8) the Small Business Administration for the business loans program account.

Rescinds certain amounts appropriated to: (1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (2) the Department of Justice; (3) the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Commission; (4) the Small Business Administration; (5) the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (6) the Board for International Broadcasting.

Makes supplemental amounts available to the Department of Defense for military personnel, operation and maintenance, the Defense Business Operations Fund, the Defense Health Program, and the Humanitarian Assistance Program. Specifies rescissions from appropriations for the Department of Defense.

Appropriates funds out of the National Security Education Trust Fund for scholarships, fellowships, and grants.

Makes additional amounts available for defense reinvestment for economic growth for projects that arise out of the closure or realignment of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Naval Base Complex.

Makes additional appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Requires the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to use available funds for a grant to Ducks Unlimited, Inc., for a construction project in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio. Rescinds certain amounts available to the National Park Service and the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.

Makes additional funds available to the Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration.

Makes additional funds available to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Social Security Administration.

Makes additional funds available for the Department of Education for student financial assistance. Rescinds certain funds appropriated to the Community Investment Program.

Makes additional amounts available for military construction of the Department of Defense.

Reorganizes the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and makes certain fund transfers and recissions.

Rescinds certain appropriations of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Makes additional amounts available to the Department of the Treasury. Rescinds certain funds for administering the public debt and for certain Internal Revenue processes.

Makes additional amounts available to the Executive Office of the President. Rescinds amounts made available to the National Critical Materials Council and the National Space Council.

Makes additional amounts available to the Federal Election Commission.

Reduces amounts available to the General Services Administration for the Federal Buildings Fund.

Provides additional amounts to the National Archives and Records Administration and the General Services Administration for allowances and office staff of former Presidents.

Makes additional amounts available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans benefits and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for certain housing programs.

Makes additional amounts available by fund transfer to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to undertake work on the Cliff Walk, Rhode Island, project.

Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to acquire additional property as an addition to the Capitol Grounds.

Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 to require the Secretary of the Senate to pay from the contingent fund the employer share of old age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes for Senate day care center employees.

Amends the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (of the Civil Rights Act of 1991) to allow grievants to petition for review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of final decisions of the Select Committee on Ethics.

Establishes a settlements and awards reserve account in the contingent fund of the Senate.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 280 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

280 yea138 nay16 present or did not vote

Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(242)

  • 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. 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. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
  • Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
  • Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
  • Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
  • 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • 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. 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. Tony HallD-OH-3
  • 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. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. Maria CantwellD-WA-1
  • Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
  • Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-11
  • Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
  • Rep. Karen ShepherdD-UT-2
  • Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
  • 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. 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. Richard LehmanD-CA-19
  • 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. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
  • 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. James SlatteryD-KS-2
  • Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
  • Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
  • Rep. James BarciaD-MI-5
  • Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
  • 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. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
  • Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
  • Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
  • Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-19
  • Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
  • Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
  • Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
  • Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
  • Rep. Nathan DealD-GA-9
  • Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
  • Rep. William OrtonD-UT-3
  • Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
  • Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
  • Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
  • Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5

Republicans who voted yea(38)

  • 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. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
  • Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
  • Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
  • Rep. Peter TorkildsenR-MA-6
  • Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
  • Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-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. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
  • Rep. Jack QuinnR-NY-30
  • Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-5
  • Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
  • Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
  • Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-5
  • Rep. Tillie FowlerR-FL-4
  • Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
  • Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
  • Rep. Martin HokeR-OH-10
  • Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
  • Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
  • Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
  • Rep. James LightfootR-IA-3
  • Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
  • Rep. Charles CanadyR-FL-12
  • Rep. Jay KimR-CA-41
  • Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
  • Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
  • Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 309 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. 72 actions.

  1. Jul 2, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-50.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Jul 1, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
  5. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
  6. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 280 - 138 (Roll No. 321).House roll call 321
  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 the Yeas and Nays: 280 - 138 (Roll No. 321).House roll call 321
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by voice vote.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Myers moved to recommit to the conference committee.
  12. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher brought up conference report H. Rept. 103-165 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 216.
  13. FloorFloor · The previous question was ordered without objection.
  14. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
  15. FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 216 passed House.
  16. Jun 30, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 103-165 filed.
  17. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 103-165 filed.
  18. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  19. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
  20. FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 216 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2118. Waiving all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration. The conference report shall be considered as read.
  21. Jun 29, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference held.
  22. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conference held.
  23. Resolving differencesResolving differences · The Speaker appointed conferees: Natcher, Smith (IA), Yates, Obey, Stokes, Bevill, Murtha, Dixon, Fazio, Hefner, Hoyer, Carr, Durbin, McDade, Myers, Regula, Lewis (CA), Porter, Rogers, Wolf, and Lightfoot.
  24. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  25. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
  26. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McDade moved that the House instruct conferees.
  27. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
  28. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
  29. Jun 22, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate insists on its amendments asks for a conference, appoints conferees Byrd; Inouye; Hollings; Johnston; Leahy; Sasser; DeConcini; Bumpers; Lautenberg; Harkin; Mikulski; Reid; Kerrey; Kohl; Murray; Feinstein; Hatfield; Stevens; Cochran; D'Amato; Specter; Domenici; Nickles; G…
  30. FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
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The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.