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National Swine Flu Immunization Program of 1976

Public Law 94-380 · S. 3735 · 94th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Aug 12, 1976 · Health

Sponsor: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)

Cosponsors (6): Sen. Jacob Javits, Sen. Harrison Williams,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 250 yea, 83 nay250–83
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.

National Influenza Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, conduct, and support activities necessary to carry out a national influenza immunization program. Directs the Secretary to make quarterly reports to Congress on the administration of such activities.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the scope and extent of liability for personal injuries arising out of immunization programs and of alternative approaches to providing protection against such liability and compensation for such injuries. Requires the Secretary to report the results of such study, along with legislative recommendations, to Congress within one year of enactment of these provisions.

Makes the United States liable with respect to claims for personal injury or death resulting from the administration of vaccine under the immunization program. Establishes procedures under which all such claims will be asserted directly against the United States and makes such procedures the exclusive legal remedy.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 252 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

252 yea83 nay96 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(170)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
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. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
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. George DanielsonD-CA-30
Rep. James O’HaraD-MI-12
Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Philip HayesD-IN-8
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
Rep. Donald RiegleD-MI-7
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. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
Rep. Richard Vander VeenD-MI-5
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
Rep. Leonor SullivanD-MO-3
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. 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. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Michael BlouinD-IA-2
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
Rep. James SantiniD-NV
Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-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. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. David HendersonD-NC-3
Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
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. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. James MannD-SC-4
Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5

Republicans who voted yea(82)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
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. Albert QuieR-MN-1
Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-27
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
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. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
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. Chuck GrassleyR-IA-3
Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Robert KastenR-WI-9
Rep. Edwin EshlemanR-PA-16
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
Rep. Donald ClancyR-OH-2
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. Richard KellyR-FL-5
Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
Rep. Delwin ClawsonR-CA-33

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1095 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.

Appropriations Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Senate · discharged from, referred to

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 12 actions.

Aug 12, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public law 94-380.
PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
Aug 11, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Aug 10, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #638 (250-83).House roll call 638
FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
Aug 6, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Aug 5, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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.