A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for a 1-year period.
Public Law 93-46 · H.R. 2246 · 93rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Jun 18, 1973 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. John Blatnik (D-MN-8)
Cosponsors (23): Rep. William Harsha, Rep. Robert Jones,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 276 yea, 2 nay276–2
- 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.
Extends the authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 by specifying appropriations: (1) grants for public works and development facilities; (2) public works and development facility loans; (3) technical assistance, research and information related to public works and development facilities; (4) financial assistance for projects in economic development districts; and (5) supplemental funds for Federal grants-in-aid programs for economic development regions.
Directs the President's InterAgency Economic Adjustment Committee to submit to the Congress within 30 days a report concerning each community affected by the defense facility and activity realignments announced on April 17, 1973.
Requires that such plan: (1) contain details as to the facilities or portions thereof affected by the realignments which are excess to the Government's security needs and which can be turned over to the local jurisdiction for civilian use; (2) contain comprehensive analyses of the community economic impact of a realignment which reduces or terminates activities resulting in a decrease in military or civilian personnel employed as a facility; (3) describe procedures providing for the most expeditions transfer of such facilities to civilian use; (4) describe procedures providing for the most expeditious transfer of such facilities to civilian use; (4) describe technical assistance and program resources made available by Federal agencies to communities in planning and carrying out economic development plans to utilize facilities transferred to civilian control; and (5) contain an estimate of the Federal program resources and the anticipated cost to fully implement community economic development plans, and, where necessary, contain recommendations for increased appropriations to meet those anticipated costs.
Directs the President to instruct the Secretary of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget to reexamine current and past Federal efforts to secure balanced national economic development, and to submit to Congress within six months after the enactment of this Act a proposal for the restructuring of the various Federal economic development programs.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 280 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
280 yea2 nay157 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(158)
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-8- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-9
- Rep. John MossD-CA-3
- Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
- Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-21
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- 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. 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. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
- Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
- Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
- Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
- 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. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
- Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
- Rep. Julia HansenD-WA-3
- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
- Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
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. John BlatnikD-MN-8
- Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
- Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
- Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
- 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. 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. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
- Rep. Joseph KarthD-MN-4
- 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. Richard BollingD-MO-5
- Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
- Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
- Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-41
- Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
- Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
- Rep. Torbert MacdonaldD-MA-7
- Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. Frank ClarkD-PA-25
- 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. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Wilbur MillsD-AR-2
- Rep. John CulverD-IA-2
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
- 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. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
- Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
- 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. Robert CaseyD-TX-22
- Rep. David HendersonD-NC-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. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
- Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
- Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
- 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. Edith GreenD-OR-3
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
- Rep. James MannD-SC-4
- Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
- Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
- Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
- Rep. John RarickD-LA-6
Republicans who voted yea(122)
- Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
- Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
- Rep. Robert SteeleR-CT-2
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
- Rep. Paul CroninR-MA-5
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
- Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- 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. 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. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
- Rep. William MailliardR-CA-6
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
- 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. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Lawrence WilliamsR-PA-7
- Rep. Orval HansenR-ID-2
- Rep. Angelo RoncalloR-NY-3
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- Rep. Vernon ThomsonR-WI-3
- Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
- 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. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
- Rep. James GroverR-NY-2
- Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-40
- Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
- Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
- Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Dan KuykendallR-TN-8
- Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
- Rep. David TowellR-NV
- Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-12
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- 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. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. John HuntR-NJ-1
- Rep. Charles ChamberlainR-MI-6
- Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
- 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. William KeatingR-OH-1
- Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
- Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
- Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. Charles TeagueR-CA-13
- Rep. Robert HanrahanR-IL-3
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
- Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-28
- Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
- Rep. Harold FroehlichR-WI-8
- Rep. Earl RuthR-NC-8
- Rep. Wiley MayneR-IA-6
- Rep. Carleton KingR-NY-29
- Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
- Rep. Ancher NelsenR-MN-2
- Rep. Edward YoungR-SC-6
- Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
- Rep. Gerald FordR-MI-5
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
- Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
- Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
- Rep. Peter FrelinghuysenR-NJ-5
- Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
- Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Harold CollierR-IL-6
- Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
- Rep. John CampR-OK-6
- Rep. David MartinR-NE-3
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
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. Walter PowellR-OH-8
- Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
- Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
- Rep. Sam SteigerR-AZ-3
- Rep. Robert HuberR-MI-18
- Rep. Glenn DavisR-WI-9
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. David DennisR-IN-10
- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
- Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
- Rep. John ConlanR-AZ-4
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 134 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.
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. 18 actions.
- Jun 18, 1973Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-46.
- Jun 8, 1973PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #197 (276-2).House roll call 197
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #197 (276-2).House roll call 197
- Jun 6, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Jun 5, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-254.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-254.
- May 23, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- May 22, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- May 8, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #123 (81-16).Senate roll call 123
- Apr 12, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Mar 19, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Mar 15, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #50 (278-108).House roll call 50
- Mar 9, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Jan 18, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure 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.