An Act to increase the temporary debt limit, and for other purposes.
Public Law 94-334 · H.R. 14114 · 94th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Jun 30, 1976 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Albert Ullman (D-OR-2)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Herman Schneebeli
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 184 yea, 177 nay184–177
- 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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Increase the public debt limit for the period from July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, by $236,000,000,000; for the period from October 1, 1976, through March 31, 1977, by $282,000,000,000; and for the period from April 1, 1977, through September 30, 1977, by $300,000,000,000.
Increases the limitation from $12,000,000,000 to $17,000,000,000 on the amount of long-term bonds that may be issued bearing interest above the 4 and 1/4 percent statutory ceiling.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 208 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
208 yea201 nay22 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(163)
- 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. 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. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
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. 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 BrademasD-IN-3
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
- 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. 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. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
- Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
- Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. Helen MeynerD-NJ-13
- Rep. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
- Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- 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. 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. Donald FraserD-MN-5
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
- Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
- 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. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
- Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
- 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. Charles VanikD-OH-22
- 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. Richard Vander VeenD-MI-5
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
- 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. John MelcherD-MT-2
- Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
- 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. Max BaucusD-MT-1- Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
- Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
- Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
- Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
- Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
- Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
- Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
- Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
- Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
- Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
- Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
- Rep. Wilbur MillsD-AR-2
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
- Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
- Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
- Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
- Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
- Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
- Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
Republicans who voted yea(45)
- Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
- Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
- Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
- Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
- Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
- Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
- Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
- Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
- Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
- Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
- Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
- Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
- Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-27
- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
- Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
- Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
- Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-39
- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 886 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.
- Jun 30, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 94-334.
- PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Jun 29, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Budget Committee
- Jun 25, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Budget Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Finance Committee
- Jun 15, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Finance Committee
- Jun 14, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #372 (184-177).House roll call 372
- FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to the Committee on Ways and Means rejected in House.
- Jun 4, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Ways and Means Committee
- Jun 1, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means 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.