An original bill prescribing the objectives and functions of the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality.
Public Law 93-311 · S. 1752 · 93rd Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Jun 8, 1974 · Labor and Employment
Sponsor: Sen. John Johnston (D-LA)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 238 yea, 139 nay238–139
- 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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Declares it to be the policy of the United States to promote increased productivity and to improve the morale and quality of work of the American worker for the purpose of providing goods and services at low cost to American consumers, improving the competitive position of the United States in the international economy, and facilitating a more satisfying work experience for American workers.
States the objectives of the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality (formerly known as the President's National Commission on Productivity) to be to help increase the productivity of the American economy and to help improve the morale and quality of work of the American worker.
Provides that, in order to achieve these objectives, the Commission shall have the following primary functions: (1) to encourage and assist in the organization and work of labor-management committees which may also include public members, on a plant, community, regional, and industry basis; (2) to conduct such research as is directly necessary to achieve each of the objectives set forth when such research cannot appropriately be accomplished by other Government agencies or private organizations, and; (3) to publicize, disseminate, and otherwise promote material and ideas relating to its objectives.
Directs the Commission to: (1) advise the President and the Congress with respect to Government policy affecting productivity and the quality of work; (2) coordinate and promote Government research and technical assistance efforts relating to productivity; and (3) provide technical and consulting assistance.
Sets forth the reporting requirements for the Commission to Congress.
Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $2,500,000, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act during the period from July 1, 1974 through June 30, 1975.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 239 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
239 yea139 nay55 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(112)
- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-9
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-35
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-38
- Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
- Rep. William BarrettD-PA-1
- Rep. John DentD-PA-21
- Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
- Rep. James CormanD-CA-22
- Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
- Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
- Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
- Rep. Robert TiernanD-RI-2
- Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
- Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
- Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
- Rep. Julia HansenD-WA-3
- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
- Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-26
- Rep. Chester HolifieldD-CA-19
- Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
- Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-24
- Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
- Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
- Rep. Richard HannaD-CA-34
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
- Rep. Ray MaddenD-IN-1
- Rep. John McFallD-CA-15
- Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
- Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
- Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
- Rep. Peter KyrosD-ME-1
- Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- 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. William MoorheadD-PA-14
- Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
- Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
- Rep. Harold DonohueD-MA-3
- Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
- Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-41
- Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- 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. James SymingtonD-MO-2
- Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
- Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
- Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. Clem McSpaddenD-OK-2
- Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
- Rep. John DavisD-GA-7
- Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
- Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
- Rep. William RoyD-KS-2
- Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
- Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
- Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
- Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
- Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
- Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
- Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Ovie FisherD-TX-21
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Republicans who voted yea(126)
- Rep. Donald RiegleR-MI-7
- 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. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
- Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
- Rep. William WidnallR-NJ-7
- Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
- Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
- Rep. Bob MathiasR-CA-18
- Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
- Rep. Marvin EschR-MI-2
- Rep. Charles SandmanR-NJ-2
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
- Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
- Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
- Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-1
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Donald BrotzmanR-CO-2
- Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
- Rep. Joseph MarazitiR-NJ-13
- Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
- Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
- Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Orval HansenR-ID-2
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- Rep. Vernon ThomsonR-WI-3
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
- Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
- Rep. Lawrence HoganR-MD-5
- Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
- Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4- Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
- Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
- Rep. James HastingsR-NY-39
- Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
- Rep. James GroverR-NY-2
- Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-40
- Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
- Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
- Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
- Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Dan KuykendallR-TN-8
- Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
- Rep. Joel BroyhillR-VA-10
- Rep. David TowellR-NV
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
- Rep. Vinegar Bend MizellR-NC-5
- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Victor VeyseyR-CA-43
- Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
- Rep. Louis WymanR-NH-1
- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. Charles ChamberlainR-MI-6
- Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
- Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
- Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
- Rep. Henry SmithR-NY-36
- Rep. Roger ZionR-IN-8
- Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. Howard RobisonR-NY-27
- Rep. William MinshallR-OH-23
- Rep. Robert HanrahanR-IL-3
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
- Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
- Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
- Rep. Harold FroehlichR-WI-8
- Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-42
- Rep. Earl RuthR-NC-8
- Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
- Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
- Rep. Wiley MayneR-IA-6
- Rep. William HudnutR-IN-11
- Rep. Ancher NelsenR-MN-2
- Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
- Rep. John WareR-PA-5
- Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
- Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
- Rep. LaMar BakerR-TN-3
- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-20
- Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-27
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
- Rep. Harold CollierR-IL-6
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-13
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6- Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
- Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
- Rep. Benjamin BlackburnR-GA-4
- Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Glenn DavisR-WI-9
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. John ConlanR-AZ-4
- Rep. John RousselotR-CA-24
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 685 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. 13 actions.
- Jun 8, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-311.
- Jun 4, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- May 31, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments.
- May 14, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #220 (238-139).House roll call 220
- Jul 17, 1973FloorFloor · Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #347 (174-237).House roll call 347
- FloorFloor · Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #347 (174-237).House roll call 347
- FloorFloor · Measure failed to be called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
- Jul 10, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Financial Services Committee
- May 14, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Financial Services Committee
- May 10, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- May 8, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 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.