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Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975

Public Law 93-554 · H.R. 16900 · 93rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Dec 27, 1974 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. George Mahon (D-TX-19)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 224 yea, 136 nay224–136
SenateRecorded vote: 55 yea, 27 nay55–27

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.

Makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1975 for specified departments and agencies, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Legislative Branch, the Department of Commerce, the Judiciary, the Department of Transportation, the Executive Office of the President, and various independent agencies.

Prohibits the use of any appropriations contained in this Act or any other Act for transporting documents, written materials, or tape recordings of former President Richard M. Nixon.

Prohibits the Federal Government from requiring the classification or assignment of teachers or students on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin except as may be necessary to enforce nondiscrimination provisions of Federal law.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 249 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

249 yea161 nay24 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(169)

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. Edward RoybalD-CA-30
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. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
Rep. Jerome WaldieD-CA-14
Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
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 DiggsD-MI-13
Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
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. 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. 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. John BlatnikD-MN-8
Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
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. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
Rep. John RooneyD-NY-14
Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
Rep. Ogden ReidD-NY-24
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. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
Rep. Peter KyrosD-ME-1
Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
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. John KluczynskiD-IL-5
Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
Rep. Hugh CareyD-NY-15
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. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-41
Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Martha GriffithsD-MI-17
Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
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. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
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. John CulverD-IA-2
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
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. George ShipleyD-IL-22
Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
Rep. Frank StubblefieldD-KY-1
Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
Rep. William DornD-SC-3
Rep. Edith GreenD-OR-3
Rep. James MannD-SC-4
Sen. James AbourezkD-SD
Sen. Harold HughesD-IA
Sen. Mike MansfieldD-MT
Sen. William ProxmireD-WI
Sen. Gaylord NelsonD-WI
Sen. George McGovernD-SD
Sen. Dick ClarkD-IA
Sen. Lee MetcalfD-MT
Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
Sen. Frank ChurchD-ID
Sen. William HathawayD-ME
Sen. Philip HartD-MI
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE
Sen. Floyd HaskellD-CO
Sen. Walter MondaleD-MN
Sen. Thomas EagletonD-MO
Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
Sen. Birch BayhD-IN
Sen. Stuart SymingtonD-MO
Sen. Adlai StevensonD-IL
Sen. Edmund MuskieD-ME
Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
Sen. Harrison WilliamsD-NJ
Sen. Frank MossD-UT
Sen. Abraham RibicoffD-CT
Sen. Hubert HumphreyD-MN
Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
Sen. Mike GravelD-AK
Sen. Warren MagnusonD-WA
Sen. John TunneyD-CA
Sen. John PastoreD-RI
Sen. Alan BibleD-NV
Sen. Thomas McIntyreD-NH
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI
Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
Sen. Howard CannonD-NV
Sen. Scoop JacksonD-WA
Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
Sen. Gale McGeeD-WY

Republicans who voted yea(80)

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. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-17
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
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. Wendell WyattR-OR-1
Rep. Bob MathiasR-CA-18
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
Rep. Marvin EschR-MI-2
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-1
Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Orval HansenR-ID-2
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
Rep. Vernon ThomsonR-WI-3
Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4
Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-40
Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-12
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. Victor VeyseyR-CA-43
Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
Rep. Henry SmithR-NY-36
Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Howard RobisonR-NY-27
Rep. Robert HanrahanR-IL-3
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
Rep. Wiley MayneR-IA-6
Rep. Ancher NelsenR-MN-2
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
Rep. John WareR-PA-5
Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
Rep. Peter FrelinghuysenR-NJ-5
Rep. Harold CollierR-IL-6
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Sen. Clifford CaseR-NJ
Sen. Richard SchweikerR-PA
Sen. Edward BrookeR-MA
Sen. Jacob JavitsR-NY
Sen. Charles MathiasR-MD
Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
Sen. James PearsonR-KS
Sen. Charles PercyR-IL
Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
Sen. George AikenR-VT
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK
Sen. John BeallR-MD
Sen. Hugh ScottR-PA
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
Sen. Hiram FongR-HI
Sen. Howard BakerR-TN
Sen. Robert TaftR-OH
Sen. Peter DominickR-CO
Sen. William BrockR-TN

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1050 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.

Appropriations Committee · House · reported by
Appropriations Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 28 actions.

Dec 27, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public law 93-554.
Dec 17, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
Dec 16, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment, roll call #689 (224-136).House roll call 689
OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment, roll call #689 (224-136).House roll call 689
Dec 14, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment, roll call #541 (55-27).Senate roll call 541
FloorFloor · Cloture motion passed Senate (First Motion), roll call #540 (56-27).Senate roll call 540
OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment, roll call #541 (55-27).Senate roll call 541
Dec 13, 1974FloorFloor · Cloture Motion filed in Senate on Conference Report (Third Motion).
Dec 12, 1974FloorFloor · Cloture Motion filed in Senate on Conference Report (Second Motion).
Dec 11, 1974FloorFloor · Cloture Motion filed in Senate on Conference Report.
Dec 10, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments to Senate amendments.
Dec 9, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #523 (80-9).Senate roll call 523
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #523 (80-9).Senate roll call 523
Dec 4, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred with an amendment in certain Senate amendments.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #652 (292-89).House roll call 652
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #652 (292-89).House roll call 652
Nov 26, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1503.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1503.
Nov 21, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
Nov 20, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #493 (65-18).Senate roll call 493
Oct 9, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
Oct 3, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
Oct 2, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #564 (317-72).House roll call 564
Sep 25, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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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.