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A bill to direct the Law Revision Counsel to prepare and publish the District of Columbia Code through publication of supplement V to the 1973 edition, with the Council of the District of Columbia to be responsible for preparation and publication of such code thereafter.

Public Law 94-386 · H.R. 13121 · 94th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Aug 14, 1976 · Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Rep. Charles Diggs (D-MI-13)

Cosponsors (1): Rep. Gilbert Gude

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 259 yea, 48 nay259–48
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.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Requires that, after publication of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of the District of Columbia Code, new editions and supplements of such code be prepared and published under the direction of the Council of the District of Columbia rather than under the Office of the Law Revision Counsel in the House of Representatives.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 263 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

263 yea48 nay120 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right

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Democrats who voted yea(194)

Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
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. 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. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
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 BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
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. 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. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
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. William BurlisonD-MO-10
Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
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. Philip HayesD-IN-8
Rep. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
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. Donald RiegleD-MI-7
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. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
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. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
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. Michael BlouinD-IA-2
Rep. Allan HoweD-UT-2
Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
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. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
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. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
Rep. James SantiniD-NV
Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
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. Robert StephensD-GA-10
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. David HendersonD-NC-3
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. Kenneth HechlerD-WV-4
Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-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. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
Rep. James MannD-SC-4
Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5

Republicans who voted yea(69)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
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. William WalshR-NY-33
Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
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. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
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. Thad CochranR-MS-4
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
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. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
Rep. Robert KastenR-WI-9
Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. Richard KellyR-FL-5
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 830 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.

District of Columbia Committee · House · referred to, reported by
District of Columbia Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.

Aug 14, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public law 94-386.
Aug 10, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
Aug 9, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Aug 5, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
Aug 3, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate District of Columbia Committee
May 25, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate District of Columbia Committee
May 24, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #297 (259-48).House roll call 297
FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
May 6, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House District of Columbia Committee
Apr 8, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House District of Columbia 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.

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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.