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District of Columbia Insurance Act

Public Law 93-89 · H.R. 4083 · 93rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Aug 14, 1973 · Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor: Rep. Williamson Stuckey (D-GA-8)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 330 yea, 0 nay330–0
  • 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.

District of Columbia Insurance Act - Title I: District of Columbia Post Assessment Insurance Guaranty Association Act - District of Columbia Insurance Guaranty Association Act - Creates in the District of Columbia a nonprofit unincorporated legal entity to be known as the District of Columbia Insurance Guaranty Association. Gives it jurisdiction over specific kinds of direct insurance.

Provides that the Board of Directors of the Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine persons and shall be selected by member insurers subject to approval of the Commissioner.

Provides that for purposes of administration and assessment the Association shall be divided into: (1) the workmen's compensation insurance account; (2) the automobile insurance account; and (3) the account for all other insurance to which this Act applies.

Directs the Association to submit to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia a plan of operation to assure the fair, reasonable and equitable administration of the Association.

Grants the Commissioner powers relating to the administration of the Association. Exempts the Association from payment of all District of Columbia fees and taxes, except those levied on real or personal property.

Title II: Amendment of the Life Insurance Act of the District of Columbia to Increase Capital Requirements of Life Insurance Companies - Increases the capital requirements of life insurance companies.

Title III: Amendment of the Life Insurance Act of the District of Columbia to Increase Group Term Life Insurance Amount Limitations - Increases generally the limitation amounts for group life insurance under plans regulated by this Act.

Permits any person insured under such a plan to make to any person, other than his employer, an absolute or collateral assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by the policy of such plan.

Title IV: Amendment of the Fire and Casualty Act Regulating the Business of Fire, Marine, and Casuality Insurance in the District of Columbia - Sets forth minimum capital and surplus requirements for life insurance stock companies covered by this Act. Sets forth minimum surplus requirements for the mutual life insurance companies covered by this Act.

Title V: Amendment of Amount of Contract with the Government of the District of Columbia for Which a Surety Bond is Required - Increases the amount for which surety bonds are required in contracts entered into with the District of Columbia.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 330 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

330 yea0 nay109 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(178)

  • Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-7
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-8
  • Rep. John MossD-CA-3
  • Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-30
  • Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
  • Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
  • Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
  • Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
  • Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
  • Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
  • Rep. Yvonne BurkeD-CA-37
  • Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
  • Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
  • Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
  • Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
  • 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. 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. Teno RoncalioD-WY
  • Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
  • Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
  • Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
  • Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
  • Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
  • Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
  • 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. 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. William GreenD-PA-3
  • Rep. Frank BrascoD-NY-11
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
  • Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
  • Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
  • Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
  • Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
  • 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. 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. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
  • Rep. Leonor SullivanD-MO-3
  • Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
  • Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
  • 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. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-41
  • Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
  • 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. 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. William NatcherD-KY-2
  • Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
  • Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
  • Rep. Wilbur MillsD-AR-2
  • Rep. John CulverD-IA-2
  • Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
  • Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
  • Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
  • Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
  • Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
  • Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
  • Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
  • 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. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
  • Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
  • Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
  • Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
  • Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
  • Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
  • Rep. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
  • Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
  • Rep. Frank StubblefieldD-KY-1
  • Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
  • Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
  • Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
  • 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. Walter JonesD-NC-1
  • 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. Richard IchordD-MO-8
  • Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
  • Rep. Phillip LandrumD-GA-9
  • 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. William PoageD-TX-11
  • Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
  • Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
  • Rep. Edith GreenD-OR-3
  • Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
  • Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
  • Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
  • Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
  • Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
  • Rep. James MannD-SC-4
  • Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
  • Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
  • Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
  • Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
  • Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
  • Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
  • Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
  • Rep. John RarickD-LA-6

Republicans who voted yea(151)

  • Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
  • Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
  • Rep. Peter PeyserR-NY-23
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
  • Rep. Paul CroninR-MA-5
  • 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 WalshR-NY-33
  • Rep. Wendell WyattR-OR-1
  • Rep. Bob MathiasR-CA-18
  • Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
  • 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. Donald BrotzmanR-CO-2
  • Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
  • 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. James AbdnorR-SD-2
  • Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
  • Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
  • Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • Rep. Lawrence WilliamsR-PA-7
  • Rep. Orval HansenR-ID-2
  • Rep. Angelo RoncalloR-NY-3
  • Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
  • Rep. Jerry PettisR-CA-33
  • Rep. Vernon ThomsonR-WI-3
  • Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
  • Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
  • Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
  • Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
  • 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 BroyhillR-NC-10
  • 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. Edwin EshlemanR-PA-16
  • Rep. James HarveyR-MI-8
  • 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. Dan KuykendallR-TN-8
  • Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
  • Rep. Joel BroyhillR-VA-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. Charles GubserR-CA-10
  • Rep. Vinegar Bend MizellR-NC-5
  • Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
  • Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
  • Rep. Victor VeyseyR-CA-43
  • Rep. Louis WymanR-NH-1
  • Rep. John HuntR-NJ-1
  • Rep. William BrayR-IN-6
  • Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
  • Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
  • Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
  • Rep. Robert PriceR-TX-13
  • Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
  • Rep. William KeatingR-OH-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. Charles TeagueR-CA-13
  • Rep. William MinshallR-OH-23
  • Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
  • Rep. William ScherleR-IA-5
  • Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
  • Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
  • Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
  • 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. William DickinsonR-AL-2
  • Rep. William HudnutR-IN-11
  • 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. John WareR-PA-5
  • Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
  • Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
  • Rep. LaMar BakerR-TN-3
  • 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. Harold CollierR-IL-6
  • Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
  • Rep. Donald ClancyR-OH-2
  • Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
  • Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6
  • Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
  • Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
  • Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
  • Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
  • Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
  • Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
  • Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
  • Rep. Sam SteigerR-AZ-3
  • 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
  • Rep. George GoodlingR-PA-19
  • Rep. John RousselotR-CA-24
  • Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
  • Rep. Steven SymmsR-ID-1
  • Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
  • Rep. Earl LandgrebeR-IN-2
  • Rep. Harold GrossR-IA-3
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 138 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.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

  • District of Columbia Committee · House · referred to, reported by
  • District of Columbia 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.

  1. Aug 14, 1973Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public law 93-89.
  3. Aug 4, 1973PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. Aug 2, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
  5. Aug 1, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate District of Columbia Committee
  6. Jun 12, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate District of Columbia Committee
  7. Jun 11, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #203 (330-0).House roll call 203
  8. Jun 5, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House District of Columbia Committee
  9. Feb 7, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House District of Columbia Committee
  10. 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.