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A bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1974 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce.

Public Law 93-70 · H.R. 7670 · 93rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Jul 10, 1973 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Leonor Sullivan (D-MO-3)

Cosponsors (12): Rep. Frank Clark, Rep. Thomas Downing,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 266 yea, 10 nay266–10
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.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Authorizes the following fiscal year 1974 appropriations for maritime programs of the Departments of Commerce: (1) $275,000,000 for acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of vessels; (2) $221,515,000 for payment of obligations incurred for ship operation subsidies; (3) $20,000,000 for research and development; (4) $3,773,000 for reserve fleet expenses; (5) $8,600,000 for maritime training at the Merchant Marine Academy; and (6) $2,427,000 for financial assistance to State marine schools.

Authorizes additional supplemental amounts for employee benefits such as increases in salary and retirement pay.

Authorizes, under the Merchant Marine Act, $5,000,000 for the insurance of mortgages by the Secretary of Commerce.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 271 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

271 yea10 nay158 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right

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Democrats who voted yea(150)

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. 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. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
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. 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. William LehmanD-FL-13
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. Robert TiernanD-RI-2
Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
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. 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. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
Rep. Hugh CareyD-NY-15
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
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. Frank StubblefieldD-KY-1
Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
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 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. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Rep. John RarickD-LA-6

Republicans who voted yea(121)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
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. 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. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-27
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Harold CollierR-IL-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. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
Rep. Walter PowellR-OH-8
Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
Rep. Sam SteigerR-AZ-3
Rep. Robert HuberR-MI-18
Rep. Glenn DavisR-WI-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 136 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.

Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee · House · referred to, reported by
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.

Jul 10, 1973Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public law 93-70.
Jun 30, 1973PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
Jun 29, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
Jun 27, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Jun 11, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Jun 8, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #199 (266-10).House roll call 199
May 29, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
May 9, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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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.

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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.