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A bill to authorize appropriations for the Board for International Broadcasting for fiscal year 1976; and to promote improved relations between the United States, Greece, and Turkey, to assist in the solution of the refugee problem of Cyprus, and to otherwise strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance.

Public Law 94-104 · S. 2230 · 94th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Oct 6, 1975 · Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Sen. John Sparkman (D-AL)

Cosponsors (1): Sen. Clifford Case

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 237 yea, 176 nay237–176
SenateMethod not stated

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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.

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #581 (237-176))

Authorizes appropriations for the Board for International Broadcasting for fiscal year 1976.

Authorizes the President to furnish to Turkey defense articles and services for which contracts were signed on or before February 5, 1975, under the Foreign Military Sales Act. Provides that such authorization be effective only while Turkey observes the cease fire and neither increases its forces on Cyprus nor transfers any United States-supplied arms thereto.

Requests the President to discuss with Greece that country's needs for economic and military assistance and to report his findings to Congress.

Limits the authority of the President to suspend the ban on military assistance to the suspension of the ban with respect to equipment determined to be necessary to enable Turkey to fulfill her responsibilities as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Requests the President to initiate discussions with Turkey on means of preventing the diversion of opium poppy into illicit channels.

Directs the President to report to Congress on progress made toward achieving a negotiated solution of the Cyprus problem.

Requires Congressional review of any proposed sale of any defense article or service for $25,000,000 or more before the issuance of any letter of offer to sell pursuant to the Foreign Military Sales Act.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 244 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

244 yea183 nay7 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(125)

Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
Rep. Helen MeynerD-NJ-13
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
Rep. Floyd HicksD-WA-6
Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
Rep. Joseph KarthD-MN-4
Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
Rep. John DentD-PA-21
Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
Rep. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-23
Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
Rep. Edward PattisonD-NY-29
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
Rep. Max BaucusD-MT-1
Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
Rep. Wilbur MillsD-AR-2
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Theodore RisenhooverD-OK-2
Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. David HendersonD-NC-3
Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
Rep. Walter FlowersD-AL-7
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
Rep. Robert KruegerD-TX-21
Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Robert CaseyD-TX-22
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
Rep. Phillip LandrumD-GA-9
Rep. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
Rep. James MannD-SC-4
Rep. Dale MilfordD-TX-24
Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Rep. Lawrence McDonaldD-GA-7

Republicans who voted yea(119)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-40
Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-16
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-27
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. James HastingsR-NY-39
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Chuck GrassleyR-IA-3
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
Rep. Robert KastenR-WI-9
Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
Rep. Edwin EshlemanR-PA-16
Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6
Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
Rep. William KetchumR-CA-18
Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-39
Rep. Donald ClancyR-OH-2
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
Rep. Richard KellyR-FL-5
Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
Rep. Steven SymmsR-ID-1
Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 433 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.

Foreign Affairs Committee · House · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.

Oct 6, 1975Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public law 94-104.
Oct 3, 1975PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment.
Oct 2, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #581 (237-176).House roll call 581
FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to the Committee on International Relations rejected in House.
Sep 22, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sep 15, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee
Jul 31, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, roll call #373 (47-46).Senate roll call 373
FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to the Committee on Foreign Relations rejected in Senate, roll call #372 (43-49).Senate roll call 372
Jul 30, 1975IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate

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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.