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An Act to amend the Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide additional assistance under such Acts, to create a pollution control financing program for small business, and for other purposes.

Public Law 94-305 · S. 2498 · 94th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Jun 4, 1976 · Housing and Community Development

Sponsor: Sen. Robert Morgan (D-NC)

Cosponsors (1): Sen. Jake Garn

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 392 yea, 0 nay392–0
  • 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.

=Title I: Small Business Development= - Directs the President to undertake a comprehensive review of all Federal disaster loan authorities and report to the Congress, not later than December 1, 1976, recommendations and legislative proposals, including possible consolidation of Federal disaster loan authorities.

Defines "pollution control facilities" under the Small Business Investment Act.

Authorizes the Small Business Administration, whenever it determines that small business concerns are or are likely to be at an operational or financing disadvantage with other business concerns with respect to the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities, or the obtaining of financing therefor, to guarantee the payment of rentals or other amounts due under qualified contract. Provides that any such guarantee may be made or effected either directly or in cooperation with any qualified surety company or other qualified company through a participation agreement with such company.

Provides that the total amount of debentures purchased or guaranteed by the Administration and outstanding at any one time from specified classifications of small business investment companies shall not exceed 300 and 400 percent, respectively, (currently 200 and 300 percent, respectively) of the combined private paid-in capital and paid-in surplus of such companies.

Defines a small business investment company as a limited partnership, as well as an incorporated body.

Removes the restriction on national banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve system from purchasing stock in a small business investment company where the bank would hold 50 percent or more of any class of equity securities issued by that company and having actual or potential voting rights.

Permits the Administration to make loans for the acquisition of plants by State and local development companies.

Increases the loan limits, under the Small Business Act, on economic opportunity loans, local development company loans, and regular business loans.

Makes it the policy of the Congress that the Government, through the Small Business Administration, should aid and assist small business concerns which are engaged in the production of food and fiber, ranching, and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related industries.

Increases the authorized capital of the Surety Bond Guarantees Fund from $35,000,000 to $56,500,000.

Requires the interest rate on the Administration's share of specified disaster loans to be three percent or lower under specified conditions.

=Title II: Study of Small Business= - Establishes within the Administration an Office of Advocacy, which shall assess the effectiveness of Federal assistance programs for small business, measure the costs and other effects of regulation of small businesses; determine the impact of the tax structure on small business, study the ability of financial markets to meet credit needs of small business, and evaluate Federal and business efforts to assist minority enterprises.

Requires the Office to counsel small businesses on resolution of problems concerning government relations, propose changes in practices of other agencies to assist small businesses, and represent the views of small businesses before other agencies.

Requires a report from the Office within a year relating to findings and recommendations regarding the functions of the Office.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 392 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

392 yea0 nay40 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(258)

  • Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
  • Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
  • Rep. John MossD-CA-3
  • Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
  • Rep. James CormanD-CA-21
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
  • Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
  • 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. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
  • Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
  • Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
  • Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
  • 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. Charles PriceD-IL-23
  • Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
  • Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
  • 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. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-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. William BurlisonD-MO-10
  • Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
  • Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
  • Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
  • Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
  • Rep. James O’HaraD-MI-12
  • Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
  • Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
  • Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
  • Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
  • Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
  • Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
  • Rep. John DentD-PA-21
  • Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
  • Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
  • Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
  • Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
  • Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
  • Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
  • Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
  • Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
  • Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
  • Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
  • Rep. Philip HayesD-IN-8
  • Rep. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
  • Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
  • Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
  • Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
  • Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
  • Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
  • Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
  • Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
  • Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
  • Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
  • Rep. Tim HallD-IL-15
  • Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
  • Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
  • Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
  • Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
  • 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. James FlorioD-NJ-1
  • 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. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
  • Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
  • Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
  • Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
  • Rep. Max BaucusD-MT-1
  • Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
  • 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. Koln McKayD-UT-1
  • Rep. Clifford AllenD-TN-5
  • Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
  • Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
  • Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
  • Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
  • Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
  • Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
  • Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
  • Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
  • Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2
  • Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
  • Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
  • Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
  • Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
  • Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
  • Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
  • Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
  • Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
  • Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
  • 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. 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. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
  • 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. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
  • Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
  • Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
  • Rep. James SantiniD-NV
  • Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
  • Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
  • Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
  • Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
  • Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
  • Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
  • Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
  • Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
  • Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
  • Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
  • Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
  • 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. Kenneth HechlerD-WV-4
  • Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
  • Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
  • Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
  • Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
  • Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
  • Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
  • Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
  • Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
  • Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
  • Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
  • Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
  • Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
  • Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
  • Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
  • Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
  • Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
  • Rep. Phillip LandrumD-GA-9
  • Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
  • Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
  • Rep. James MannD-SC-4
  • Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
  • Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
  • Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
  • Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
  • Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
  • Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
  • Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
  • Rep. Lawrence McDonaldD-GA-7

Republicans who voted yea(134)

  • 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. Frank HortonR-NY-34
  • Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
  • Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
  • Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
  • Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
  • Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
  • Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
  • Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
  • Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
  • Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
  • 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. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
  • Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
  • Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
  • Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
  • Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • 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. 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. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
  • Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
  • Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
  • Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
  • Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
  • Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
  • 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. Burt TalcottR-CA-16
  • Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
  • Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
  • Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
  • Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
  • Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
  • Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
  • Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
  • 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. John RhodesR-AZ-1
  • Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-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. John WydlerR-NY-5
  • 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. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
  • Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
  • Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
  • Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
  • Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
  • Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
  • 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. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
  • Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
  • Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
  • Rep. Delwin ClawsonR-CA-33
  • Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
  • Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
  • Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
  • Rep. John ConlanR-AZ-4
  • Rep. Sam SteigerR-AZ-3
  • Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
  • Rep. John RousselotR-CA-26
  • Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
  • Rep. Steven SymmsR-ID-1
  • Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
  • Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-22
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 809 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.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 22 actions.

  1. Jun 4, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public law 94-305.
  3. May 24, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
  5. PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
  6. May 20, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
  8. May 13, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #268 (392-0).House roll call 268
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #268 (392-0).House roll call 268
  10. May 10, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1115.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1115.
  12. Mar 15, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
  13. Mar 11, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
  14. Dec 17, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended (Provisions of H.R. 9056 inserted in lieu thereof).
  15. FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
  16. Dec 12, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #589 (69-5).Senate roll call 589
  17. FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
  18. Nov 26, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
  19. Oct 29, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
  20. Oct 8, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  21. CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  22. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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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.