Joint resolution making emergency supplemental appropriations for pubilc employment programs, summer youth programs, and preventive health services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for other purposes.
Public Law 94-266 · H.J.Res. 890 · 94th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Apr 15, 1976 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. George Mahon (D-TX-19)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateRecorded vote: 61 yea, 7 nay61–7
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.
(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #142 (61-7))
Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1976.
=Title I:= Appropriates an additional $300,000,000 for liquidation of obligations for waste treatment incurred pursuant to authority under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (to remain available until expended) to the Environmental Protection Agency.
=Title II:= Appropriates: (1) $528,420,000 for comprehensive manpower assistance (to remain available until September 30, 1976) to the Department of Labor; (2) $1,200,000 for temporary employment assistance (to remain available until January 31, 1977) to the Department of Labor; (3) $55,900,000 for community service employment for older Americans (to remain available until June 30, 1977) to the Department of Labor; (4) $135,064,000 for a nationwide influenza immunization program (to remain available until expended) to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and (5) $23,000,000 for community services program (to remain available until September 30, 1976) to the Community Services Administration.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 64 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
64 yea8 nay28 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(38)
- Sen. William ProxmireD-WI
- Sen. Dick ClarkD-IA
- Sen. Gaylord NelsonD-WI
- Sen. Mike MansfieldD-MT
- Sen. George McGovernD-SD
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE- Sen. Floyd HaskellD-CO
- Sen. Lee MetcalfD-MT
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. Philip HartD-MI
- Sen. William HathawayD-ME
- Sen. Birch BayhD-IN
- Sen. Edmund MuskieD-ME
- Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. Hubert HumphreyD-MN
- Sen. Stuart SymingtonD-MO
- Sen. Adlai StevensonD-IL
- Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
- Sen. Frank MossD-UT
- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
- Sen. Dee HuddlestonD-KY
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Harrison WilliamsD-NJ
- Sen. Scoop JacksonD-WA
- Sen. Warren MagnusonD-WA
- Sen. Abraham RibicoffD-CT
- Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
- Sen. John PastoreD-RI
- Sen. Jennings RandolphD-WV
- Sen. Lawton ChilesD-FL
- Sen. Dick StoneD-FL
- Sen. Mike GravelD-AK
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. Gale McGeeD-WY
- Sen. Russell LongD-LA
- Sen. James AllenD-AL
Republicans who voted yea(26)
- Sen. Clifford CaseR-NJ
- Sen. Edward BrookeR-MA
- Sen. Richard SchweikerR-PA
- Sen. Jacob JavitsR-NY
- Sen. Charles MathiasR-MD
- Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
- Sen. Charles PercyR-IL
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
- Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
- Sen. Hugh ScottR-PA
- Sen. James PearsonR-KS
- Sen. John BeallR-MD
- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. Milton YoungR-ND
- Sen. William RothR-DE
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. Robert TaftR-OH
- Sen. Robert GriffinR-MI
- Sen. Henry BellmonR-OK
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
- Sen. Dewey BartlettR-OK
- Sen. Jake GarnR-UT
- Sen. Clifford HansenR-WY
- Sen. Carl CurtisR-NE
- Sen. Paul FanninR-AZ
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 753 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.
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. 16 actions.
- Apr 15, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 94-266.
- Apr 13, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Apr 12, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to Senate amendments.
- Apr 9, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #142 (61-7).Senate roll call 142
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Apr 8, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Apr 6, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Apr 5, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #169 (354-12).House roll call 169
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
- Apr 2, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- Mar 31, 1976CommitteeCommittee · 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.