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An Act to direct the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, 1975, to organize and convene a National Women's Conference, and for other purposes.

Public Law 94-167 · H.R. 9924 · 94th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Dec 23, 1975 · Commemorations

Sponsor: Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY-20)

Cosponsors (21): Rep. Yvonne Burke, Rep. Lindy Boggs,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 252 yea, 162 nay252–162
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 #761 (252-162))

Directs the National Commission on the observance of International Women's Year to organize and convene a National Women's Conference.

States that the Conference shall: (1) recognize the contributions of women to the development of our country; (2) assess the progress that has been made to date by both the private and public sectors in promoting equality between men and women in all aspects of life in the United States; (3) assess the role of women in economic, social, cultural, and political development; (4) assess the participation of women in efforts aimed at the development of friendly relations and cooperation among nations and to the strengthening of world peace; and (5) identify the barriers that prevent women from participating fully and equally in all aspects of national life, and develop recommendations for means by which such barriers can be removed.

Sets forth the powers of the Commission. Requires regional meetings in preparation for the conference to be held in every State.

Directs the Commission to prepare and submit to the President and to each House of Congress a report containing a detailed statement of its findings and recommendations.

Authorizes appropriations of up to $5,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 253 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

253 yea162 nay19 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(200)

Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
Rep. John MossD-CA-3
Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. James CormanD-CA-21
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
Rep. Yvonne BurkeD-CA-28
Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
Rep. William BarrettD-PA-1
Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Ray MaddenD-IN-1
Rep. Helen MeynerD-NJ-13
Rep. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
Rep. Floyd HicksD-WA-6
Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
Rep. Joseph KarthD-MN-4
Rep. James O’HaraD-MI-12
Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
Rep. John DentD-PA-21
Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
Rep. Philip HayesD-IN-8
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Torbert MacdonaldD-MA-7
Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
Rep. Tim HallD-IL-15
Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
Rep. Richard Vander VeenD-MI-5
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
Rep. Toby MoffettD-CT-6
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
Rep. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-23
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
Rep. Edward PattisonD-NY-29
Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
Rep. Max BaucusD-MT-1
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Michael BlouinD-IA-2
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Allan HoweD-UT-2
Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
Rep. Clifford AllenD-TN-5
Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
Rep. Wilbur MillsD-AR-2
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Theodore RisenhooverD-OK-2
Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. James SantiniD-NV
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2

Republicans who voted yea(53)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Peter PeyserR-NY-23
Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
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. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-27
Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 568 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.

Oversight and Accountability Committee · House · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.

Dec 23, 1975Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public law 94-167.
Dec 12, 1975PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Dec 11, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
Dec 10, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #761 (252-162).House roll call 761
Oct 20, 1975FloorFloor · Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of the rules, roll call #617 (233-157).House roll call 617
FloorFloor · Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of the rules, roll call #617 (233-157).House roll call 617
FloorFloor · Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Oct 14, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Sep 30, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform 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.