Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1975
Public Law 93-517 · H.R. 15580 · 93rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Dec 7, 1974 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Flood (D-PA-11)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 352 yea, 25 nay352–25
- SenateRecorded vote: 68 yea, 17 nay68–17
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.
Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act - =Title I: Department of Labor= - Department of Labor Appropriation Act - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1975 to the Department of Labor.
=Title II: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare= - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1975 to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
=Title III: Related Agencies= - Makes appropriations for related agencies for fiscal year 1975.
=Title IV: General Provisions= - States that the appropriations authorized by this Act are available for specified purposes; and enumerates uses to which the funds appropriated by this Act may not be put.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 352 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
352 yea25 nay57 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(206)
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- 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. 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. John BurtonD-CA-6
- Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-21
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Jerome WaldieD-CA-14
- Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
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. 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 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. 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. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
- Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
- Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
- 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. Frank DenholmD-SD-1
- Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-24
- Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
- Rep. John BlatnikD-MN-8
- Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
- Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
- Rep. Ogden ReidD-NY-24
- 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. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
- Rep. Peter KyrosD-ME-1
- Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
- 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. Richard FultonD-TN-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. 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. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
- 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. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. Ella GrassoD-CT-6
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- 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. Koln McKayD-UT-1
- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. Clem McSpaddenD-OK-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. John DavisD-GA-7
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
- Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
- 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. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- 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. Bill GunterD-FL-5
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Thomas GettysD-SC-5
- Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
- 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. 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. Paul RogersD-FL-11
- 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. Ovie FisherD-TX-21
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
- Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Republicans who voted yea(146)
- Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
- Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
- Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
- 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. 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. 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. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
- 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. John AndersonR-IL-16
- Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Lawrence WilliamsR-PA-7
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- 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. 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. Bob WilsonR-CA-40
- Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
- 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. Samuel YoungR-IL-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. 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. James QuillenR-TN-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 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. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
- Rep. Roger ZionR-IN-8
- Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
- Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. Howard RobisonR-NY-27
- 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. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
- Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
- 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. 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. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
- Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
- Rep. Leslie ArendsR-IL-15
- 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. David MartinR-NE-3
- Rep. Donald ClancyR-OH-2
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6- Rep. William KetchumR-CA-36
- Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
- Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
- Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Sam SteigerR-AZ-3
- 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
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1016 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. 21 actions.
- Dec 7, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-517.
- Nov 27, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Nov 26, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments to Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #508 (68-17).Senate roll call 508
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #508 (68-17).Senate roll call 508
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #645 (352-25).House roll call 645
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #645 (352-25).House roll call 645
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to recommit Conference Report to the Committee of Conference rejected in House.
- Nov 21, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1489.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1489.
- Sep 19, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Sep 18, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #406 (77-12).Senate roll call 406
- Sep 11, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jul 8, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jun 27, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #348 (329-43).House roll call 348
- Jun 24, 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.