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To amend section 2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to extend the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program.
Public Law 105-23 · H.R. 363 · 105th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Jul 3, 1997 · Energy
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Towns (D-NY-10)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Frank Pallone
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 387 yea, 35 nay387–35
- 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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to extend through 1998 the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program, along with corresponding deadlines for the submission of certain reports concerning the extent to which human health is affected by exposure to electric and magnetic fields produced by electric energy.
Reduces authorized appropriations from $65 million to $46 million.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 105th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 387 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
387 yea35 nay11 present or did not vote
Dimension 2
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Democrats who voted yea(198)
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-50
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-10
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-11
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-26
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12- Rep. Elizabeth FurseD-OR-1
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-9
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2- Rep. Earl HilliardD-AL-7
- Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. George BrownD-CA-42
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10- Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-29- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-15
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3- Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonaldD-CA-37
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-11
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-3
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-4
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3- Rep. Julia CarsonD-IN-10
- Rep. Carrie MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
- Rep. Eva ClaytonD-NC-1
Rep. Patrick KennedyD-RI-1
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-10- Rep. Thomas BarrettD-WI-5
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-29
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-31
- Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-32
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
- Rep. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
Rep. Robert WexlerD-FL-19
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
Rep. Ciro RodriguezD-TX-28
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9- Rep. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
- Rep. Lynn RiversD-MI-13
- Rep. Walter CappsD-CA-22
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. John BaldacciD-ME-2
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-9
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15- Rep. Karen McCarthyD-MO-5
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-46- Rep. Robert WeygandD-RI-2
- Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5- Rep. Rod BlagojevichD-IL-5
- Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
- Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-19
- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Debbie StabenowD-MI-8
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-2
- Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-7
Rep. Nick LampsonD-TX-9
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3- Rep. Jim DavisD-FL-11
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12- Rep. William LutherD-MN-6
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3- Rep. Ken BentsenD-TX-25
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11- Rep. Ron KlinkD-PA-4
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-9
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4- Rep. James MaloneyD-CT-5
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2- Rep. David MingeD-MN-2
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-24- Rep. Frank MascaraD-PA-20
- Rep. Paul McHaleD-PA-15
- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-20
- Rep. Max SandlinD-TX-1
- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-18- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-6- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6- Rep. James BarciaD-MI-5
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8- Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2- Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
- Rep. Jim TurnerD-TX-2
- Rep. Scotty BaeslerD-KY-6
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-3
- Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-18
- Rep. Pat DannerD-MO-6
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7- Rep. Chris JohnD-LA-7
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Virgil GoodeD-VA-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(189)
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Michael ForbesR-NY-1
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-23
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE- Rep. Jack QuinnR-NY-30
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
Rep. John McHughR-NY-24
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3- Rep. Sue KellyR-NY-19
- Rep. Rick LazioR-NY-2
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-19
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Jon FoxR-PA-13
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Tom DavisR-VA-11- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
- Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18- Rep. Bob FranksR-NJ-7
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-13
- Rep. Bob NeyR-OH-18
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-40
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-21- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3- Rep. Greg GanskeR-IA-4
- Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
- Rep. Jay KimR-CA-41
- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Linda SmithR-WA-3
Rep. Brian BilbrayR-CA-49
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5- Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-23- Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
- Rep. Anne NorthupR-KY-3
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-15
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-20- Rep. Billy TauzinR-LA-3
- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Jack MetcalfR-WA-2
- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6- Rep. Mike ParkerR-MS-4
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-11
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-5- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-21
- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
- Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-43- Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-48
- Rep. Merrill CookR-UT-2
Rep. Jo Ann EmersonI-MO-8- Rep. Bill JenkinsR-TN-1
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. Charlie BassR-NH-2- Rep. Asa HutchinsonR-AR-3
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15- Rep. Rick WhiteR-WA-1
- Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
- Rep. Wes WatkinsR-OK-3
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
Rep. John ThuneR-SD
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-5- Rep. Frank RiggsR-CA-1
Rep. John PetersonR-PA-5
Rep. Roger WickerR-MS-1- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-7
- Rep. Charles CanadyR-FL-12
- Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-2
Rep. Saxby ChamblissR-GA-8- Rep. Edward PeaseR-IN-7
- Rep. Jay DickeyR-AR-4
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4- Rep. Tillie FowlerR-FL-4
- Rep. Sonny BonoR-CA-44
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3- Rep. John CookseyR-LA-5
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7- Rep. Rick HillR-MT
- Rep. Scott McInnisR-CO-3
- Rep. George NethercuttR-WA-5
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-51
- Rep. Robert EhrlichR-MD-2
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-6
Rep. Mike CrapoR-ID-2
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. Ron LewisR-KY-2- Rep. Jennifer DunnR-WA-8
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. David DreierR-CA-28- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Lindsey GrahamR-SC-3
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-8
- Rep. Gil GutknechtR-MN-1
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. Richard BurrR-NC-5
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16- Rep. Bob RileyR-AL-3
- Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-14
- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
- Rep. Nick SmithR-MI-7
- Rep. Ed BryantR-TN-7
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8- Rep. Dan MillerR-FL-13
- Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52
Rep. John SununuR-NH-1- Rep. Jon ChristensenR-NE-2
- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
- Rep. James RoganR-CA-27
- Rep. William PaxonR-NY-27
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3- Rep. Jim GibbonsR-NV-2
- Rep. J.D. HayworthR-AZ-6
- Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26
Rep. Mac ThornberryR-TX-13
Rep. Bob InglisR-SC-4- Rep. Jim RyunR-KS-2
Rep. Barbara CubinR-WY
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Nathan DealR-GA-9
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-5- Rep. Steve LargentR-OK-1
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-4- Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6- Rep. David McIntoshR-IN-2
- Rep. Van HillearyR-TN-4
- Rep. John HostettlerR-IN-8
- Rep. Helen Chenoweth-HageR-ID-1
- Rep. Bob BarrR-GA-7
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-8
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Rep. Thomas CoburnR-OK-2
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 92 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Energy Subcommittee- Science, Space, and Technology Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Environment Subcommittee
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Energy 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. 27 actions.
- Jul 3, 1997Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 105-23.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jun 24, 1997PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jun 20, 1997FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 12, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Jun 11, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 19, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Energy Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Apr 30, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Apr 29, 1997FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 387 - 35 (Roll no. 94).House roll call 94
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Schaefer, Dan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 21, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Apr 16, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Apr 9, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Mar 19, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Mar 5, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Feb 26, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Feb 10, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Jan 23, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Jan 7, 1997CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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.