Joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes.
Public Law 93-570 · H.J.Res. 1178 · 93rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Dec 31, 1974 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. George Mahon (D-TX-19)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateRecorded vote: 84 yea, 9 nay84–9
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.
Makes further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1975. Provides for the funding of specified programs and activities within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People, and by the Commission on the Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System.
Provides for the funding of programs authorized by the Emergency School Aid Act, the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, and the Public Health Service Act.
Authorizes assistance to Israel, Egypt, Portugal and Portuguese colonies and to Palestinian refugees. Authorizes famine and disaster relief for Cyprus.
Sets limitations on the extension of military assistance to the government of Turkey.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 84 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
84 yea9 nay7 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(47)
- Sen. Harold HughesD-IA
- 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. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. Rupert HartkeD-IN
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. Dee HuddlestonD-KY
- 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. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Joseph MontoyaD-NM
- Sen. John TunneyD-CA
- Sen. John PastoreD-RI
- Sen. Jennings RandolphD-WV
- Sen. Thomas McIntyreD-NH
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI- Sen. Scoop JacksonD-WA
- Sen. Russell LongD-LA
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. Gale McGeeD-WY
- Sen. Herman TalmadgeD-GA
- Sen. Samuel ErvinD-NC
- Sen. John SparkmanD-AL
- Sen. John McClellanD-AR
- Sen. John StennisD-MS
- Sen. James EastlandD-MS
Republicans who voted yea(36)
- 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. Charles PercyR-IL
- Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. Milton YoungR-ND
- Sen. George AikenR-VT
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK- Sen. Marlow CookR-KY
- Sen. John BeallR-MD
- Sen. Hugh ScottR-PA
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM- Sen. Hiram FongR-HI
- Sen. Paul LaxaltR-NV
- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. Robert TaftR-OH
- Sen. William RothR-DE
- Sen. Peter DominickR-CO
- Sen. Henry BellmonR-OK
- Sen. Robert GriffinR-MI
- Sen. William BrockR-TN
- Sen. James McClureR-ID
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
- Sen. Norris CottonR-NH
- Sen. Dewey BartlettR-OK
- Sen. Roman HruskaR-NE
- Sen. John TowerR-TX
- Sen. Carl CurtisR-NE
- Sen. Clifford HansenR-WY
- Sen. Paul FanninR-AZ
- Sen. Barry GoldwaterR-AZ
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1135 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. 11 actions.
- Dec 31, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-570.
- Dec 24, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Dec 19, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to Senate amendments.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #574 (84-9).Senate roll call 574
- Dec 18, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #705 (272-122).House roll call 705
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Dec 17, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to 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.