An Act to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 93-166 · S. 2408 · 93rd Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Nov 29, 1973 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateRecorded vote: 87 yea, 0 nay87–0
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.
Military Construction Authorization Act - =Title I:= Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works at designated projects to the extent of the dollar amounts designated by this Act.
=Title II:= Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, coverting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works at designated projects to the extent of the dollar amounts designated by this Act.
=Title III:= Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or instilling permanent or temporary public works at designated projects to the extent of the dollar amounts designated by this Act.
=Title IV:= Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works at designated projects to the extent of the dollar amounts designated by this Act.
=Title V: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program= - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct family housing units and mobile home facilities, after consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the locations designated by this Act.
=Title VI: General Provisions= - Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to the Congress identifying each individual project which has been placed under contract in the preceeding 12 months period and with respect to which the then current working estimate of the Department of Defense exeeeds the amount authorized by the Congress for that project by more than 25 percent.
=Title VII: Reserve Forces Facilities= - Reserve Forces Facilities Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Reserve Forces of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 90 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
90 yea0 nay10 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(50)
- Sen. James AbourezkD-SD
- Sen. Harold HughesD-IA
- Sen. Mike MansfieldD-MT
- Sen. William ProxmireD-WI
- Sen. George McGovernD-SD
- Sen. Dick ClarkD-IA
- Sen. Frank ChurchD-ID
- Sen. William HathawayD-ME
- Sen. Philip HartD-MI
- Sen. Rupert HartkeD-IN
- Sen. James FulbrightD-AR
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE- Sen. Floyd HaskellD-CO
- Sen. Walter MondaleD-MN
- Sen. Thomas EagletonD-MO
- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
- Sen. Birch BayhD-IN
- Sen. Stuart SymingtonD-MO
- Sen. Adlai StevensonD-IL
- Sen. Edmund MuskieD-ME
- Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
- Sen. Harrison WilliamsD-NJ
- Sen. Frank MossD-UT
- Sen. Abraham RibicoffD-CT
- Sen. Hubert HumphreyD-MN
- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
- Sen. Mike GravelD-AK
- Sen. Warren MagnusonD-WA
- Sen. Lawton ChilesD-FL
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Joseph MontoyaD-NM
- Sen. John TunneyD-CA
- Sen. John PastoreD-RI
- Sen. Alan BibleD-NV
- Sen. Jennings RandolphD-WV
- Sen. Thomas McIntyreD-NH
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI- Sen. Howard CannonD-NV
- Sen. Scoop JacksonD-WA
- Sen. Russell LongD-LA
- Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. Gale McGeeD-WY
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. Samuel ErvinD-NC
- Sen. John McClellanD-AR
- Sen. John StennisD-MS
- Sen. James AllenD-AL
- Sen. James EastlandD-MS
- Sen. Harry ByrdD-VA
Republicans who voted yea(39)
- Sen. Clifford CaseR-NJ
- Sen. Richard SchweikerR-PA
- Sen. Edward BrookeR-MA
- Sen. Jacob JavitsR-NY
- Sen. Charles MathiasR-MD
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
- Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
- Sen. James PearsonR-KS
- Sen. Charles PercyR-IL
- Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. Milton YoungR-ND
- Sen. George AikenR-VT
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK- Sen. Marlow CookR-KY
- Sen. John BeallR-MD
- Sen. Hugh ScottR-PA
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM- Sen. Hiram FongR-HI
- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. Edward GurneyR-FL
- Sen. Robert TaftR-OH
- Sen. William RothR-DE
- Sen. Peter DominickR-CO
- Sen. Henry BellmonR-OK
- Sen. Robert GriffinR-MI
- Sen. William BrockR-TN
- Sen. James McClureR-ID
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
- Sen. Norris CottonR-NH
- Sen. Dewey BartlettR-OK
- Sen. Roman HruskaR-NE
- Sen. William ScottR-VA
- Sen. John TowerR-TX
- Sen. Carl CurtisR-NE
- Sen. Clifford HansenR-WY
- Sen. Wallace BennettR-UT
- Sen. Paul FanninR-AZ
- Sen. Jesse HelmsR-NC
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 467 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. 1 yea vote was cast by members of neither major party and is highlighted on the compass but not listed. 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.
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. 16 actions.
- Nov 29, 1973Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-166.
- Nov 19, 1973PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Nov 15, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #483 (87-0).Senate roll call 483
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #483 (87-0).Senate roll call 483
- Nov 14, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report.
- Nov 13, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-634.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-634.
- Oct 16, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Oct 11, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 10614.
- Sep 17, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Armed Services Committee
- Sep 13, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- Sep 12, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Armed Services Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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.