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A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to clarify the provision relating to the referendum on the issue of the Advisory Neighborhood Councils.

Public Law 93-272 · H.R. 12109 · 93rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Apr 24, 1974 · Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Rep. Donald Fraser (D-MN-5)

Cosponsors (1): Rep. Charles Diggs

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 227 yea, 111 nay227–111
SenateMethod not stated

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.

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Summary

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

Provides for the establishment of advisory neighborhood councils, under the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, if a majority of the registered qualified voters of the District voting on this issue in this referendum vote for the establishment of such councils.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 248 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

248 yea131 nay53 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(167)

Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-8
Rep. John MossD-CA-3
Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-21
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
Rep. George BrownD-CA-38
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
Rep. Floyd HicksD-WA-6
Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
Rep. James O’HaraD-MI-12
Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Bertram PodellD-NY-13
Rep. William BarrettD-PA-1
Rep. John DentD-PA-21
Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. Robert TiernanD-RI-2
Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-26
Rep. Chester HolifieldD-CA-19
Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Frank BrascoD-NY-11
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
Rep. John RooneyD-NY-14
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. John McFallD-CA-15
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
Rep. Peter KyrosD-ME-1
Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
Rep. Leonor SullivanD-MO-3
Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
Rep. Joseph KarthD-MN-4
Rep. John KluczynskiD-IL-5
Rep. Richard FultonD-TN-5
Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
Rep. Hugh CareyD-NY-15
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
Rep. Kenneth HechlerD-WV-4
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
Rep. Harold DonohueD-MA-3
Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
Rep. Martha GriffithsD-MI-17
Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
Rep. Torbert MacdonaldD-MA-7
Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Frank ClarkD-PA-25
Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. John CulverD-IA-2
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
Rep. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
Rep. William RoyD-KS-2
Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. Thomas GettysD-SC-5
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. James MannD-SC-4
Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6

Republicans who voted yea(81)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
Rep. Robert SteeleR-CT-2
Rep. Peter PeyserR-NY-23
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
Rep. Paul CroninR-MA-5
Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-17
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
Rep. William WidnallR-NJ-7
Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
Rep. Wendell WyattR-OR-1
Rep. Bob MathiasR-CA-18
Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
Rep. Marvin EschR-MI-2
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Donald BrotzmanR-CO-2
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
Rep. Joseph MarazitiR-NJ-13
Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Orval HansenR-ID-2
Rep. Jerry PettisR-CA-33
Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
Rep. Lawrence HoganR-MD-5
Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4
Rep. James HastingsR-NY-39
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Dan KuykendallR-TN-8
Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
Rep. David TowellR-NV
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
Rep. Henry SmithR-NY-36
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Howard RobisonR-NY-27
Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
Rep. Wiley MayneR-IA-6
Rep. Ancher NelsenR-MN-2
Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
Rep. Leslie ArendsR-IL-15
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 609 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.

District of Columbia Committee · House · referred to, reported by
District of Columbia Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.

Apr 24, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public law 93-272.
Apr 12, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
Apr 11, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
Apr 9, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate District of Columbia Committee
Mar 26, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate District of Columbia Committee
Mar 25, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #109 (227-111).House roll call 109
Mar 19, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House District of Columbia Committee
Dec 21, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House District of Columbia 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.

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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.