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Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975
Public Law 93-371 · H.R. 14012 · 93rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Aug 13, 1974 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Casey (D-TX-22)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 380 yea, 13 nay380–13
- 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.
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 380 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
380 yea13 nay41 present or did not vote
Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative
Democrats who voted yea(213)
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- 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. Edward RoybalD-CA-30
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
- Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
- Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- Rep. John BurtonD-CA-6
- Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-21
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Jerome WaldieD-CA-14
- Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
- Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
- Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
- Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
- Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
- Rep. Yvonne BurkeD-CA-37
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-35
- 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 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. William BarrettD-PA-1
- Rep. John DentD-PA-21
- Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
- Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
- Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
- Rep. James CormanD-CA-22
- Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
- Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
- Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
- Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
- Rep. Richard Vander VeenD-MI-5
- 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. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- 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. William BurlisonD-MO-10
- Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
- Rep. Frank DenholmD-SD-1
- Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-24
- Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
- Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
- Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
- 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. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
- Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
- Rep. Ray MaddenD-IN-1
- 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. 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. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
- 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. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
- 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. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-41
- Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
- Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
- Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
- Rep. Torbert MacdonaldD-MA-7
- 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. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
- 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. John SlackD-WV-3
- Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
- Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. Ella GrassoD-CT-6
- Rep. Wilbur MillsD-AR-2
- Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
- Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
- Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
- Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- 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. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
- Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
- Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
- Rep. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
- Rep. William RoyD-KS-2
- Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
- Rep. Frank StubblefieldD-KY-1
- Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
- Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
- Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
- Rep. Robert CaseyD-TX-22
- Rep. David HendersonD-NC-3
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Walter FlowersD-AL-7
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Thomas GettysD-SC-5
- Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
- Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
- Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
- Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
- Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
- Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
- Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
- Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
- Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
- Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
- Rep. William DornD-SC-3
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
- Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
- Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
- Rep. James MannD-SC-4
- Rep. Dale MilfordD-TX-24
- Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
- Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
- Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
- Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
- Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
- Rep. John RarickD-LA-6
Republicans who voted yea(166)
- 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. 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. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
- 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. William HarshaR-OH-6
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
- Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
- Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
- Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
- Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Lawrence WilliamsR-PA-7
- Rep. Angelo RoncalloR-NY-3
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- Rep. Jerry PettisR-CA-33
- Rep. Vernon ThomsonR-WI-3
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
- 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. Dick ShoupR-MT-1
- Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
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. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
- Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
- Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
- Rep. Edwin EshlemanR-PA-16
- Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
- Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
- Rep. Joel BroyhillR-VA-10
- Rep. David TowellR-NV
- Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-12
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
- Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
- Rep. Charles GubserR-CA-10
- 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. John HuntR-NJ-1
- Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
- Rep. William BrayR-IN-6
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. Charles ChamberlainR-MI-6
- Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
- Rep. Robert PriceR-TX-13
- Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
- Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
- Rep. Henry SmithR-NY-36
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
- Rep. Roger ZionR-IN-8
- Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
- Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
- Rep. Howard RobisonR-NY-27
- Rep. William MinshallR-OH-23
- Rep. Robert HanrahanR-IL-3
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
- Rep. William ScherleR-IA-5
- Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
- Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
- Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
- 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. Carleton KingR-NY-29
- Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
- Rep. William HudnutR-IN-11
- Rep. Ancher NelsenR-MN-2
- Rep. Edward YoungR-SC-6
- 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. Leslie ArendsR-IL-15
- Rep. LaMar BakerR-TN-3
- Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
- Rep. Peter FrelinghuysenR-NJ-5
- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-20
- Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-27
- Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
- Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
- Rep. Harold CollierR-IL-6
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-13
- Rep. John CampR-OK-6
- Rep. David MartinR-NE-3
- Rep. Donald ClancyR-OH-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6- Rep. William KetchumR-CA-36
- Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
- Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
- Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Walter PowellR-OH-8
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
- Rep. Benjamin BlackburnR-GA-4
- Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Robert HuberR-MI-18
- Rep. Glenn DavisR-WI-9
- Rep. Delwin ClawsonR-CA-23
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. David DennisR-IN-10
- Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
- Rep. John ConlanR-AZ-4
- Rep. George GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. John RousselotR-CA-24
- Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 842 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. 24 actions.
- Aug 13, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-371.
- Aug 6, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Aug 2, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded from its amendment to certain House amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to certain House amendments to Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Aug 1, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · House rejected motion to recede and concur in certain Senate amendments, roll call #430 (192-203).House roll call 430
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred with amendment in Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House insisted on its disagreement to certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #429 (380-13).House roll call 429
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #429 (380-13).House roll call 429
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: House rejected motion to recede and concur in certain Senate amendments, roll call #430 (192-203).House roll call 430
- Jul 22, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1210.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1210.
- Jul 16, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Jun 20, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #270 (85-0).Senate roll call 270
- Jun 19, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Apr 10, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Apr 9, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #157 (373-17).House roll call 157
- Apr 4, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations 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.