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An Act to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, to establish the National Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes.

Public Law 94-422 · S. 327 · 94th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Sep 28, 1976 · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Sen. Scoop Jackson (D-WA)

Cosponsors (8): Sen. John Johnston,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 281 yea, 3 nay281–3
  • 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: Land and Water Conservation Fund= - Provides, under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, for an increase in the sum authorized to be appropriated for the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the Department of the Treasury. Sets such an increased sum at not less than $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $750,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $900,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter through 1989.

Stipulates that to the extent that the sums appropriated do not make the fund's annual income equivalent to the amounts required under such Act, an amount sufficient to cover the remainder thereof shall be credited to the fund from revenues due and payable to the United States for deposits in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Allows States to use funds allocated under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act for development of basic outdoor recreation facilities, provided that not more than ten percent of a State's total allocation in a year may be approved for the planning and development of sheltered facilities for swimming pools and ice skating rinks.

Provides for the allotment by the President of land and water conservation funds for the acquisition of lands, waters, or interests in lands or waters for the National Park System, the National Forest System, and the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within one year of enactment of these provisions, to submit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and House Representatives a report on the needs, problems, and opportunities associated with urban recreation.

=Title II: National Historic Preservation Fund= - Enumerates regulations governing national historical grants under the National Historic Preservation Act. States that any grant pursuant to such 70 percent of the cost of a project.

Establishes the National Historic Preservation Fund in the Treasury of the United States to carry out purposes of this title. Authorizes to be paid into such fund from revenues due and payable to the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act specified sums in fiscal years 1977 through 1981.

Increases the number of members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Adds an executive director and a general counsel to such Council. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this title as follows: $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; $1,750,000 for fiscal year 1978; and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1979.

=Title III=: States Oil Shale Funds - Provides that all moneys paid to any State from sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals of oil shale in public lands may be used by such State and its subdivisions for planning, construction, and maintenance of public facilities, and provision of public services, as the legislature of the State may direct, giving priority to those State subdivisions socially or economically impacted by the development of the resource.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 285 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

285 yea4 nay141 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(199)

  • Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
  • Rep. John MossD-CA-3
  • Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
  • Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
  • Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
  • Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
  • Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
  • Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
  • Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
  • Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
  • Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
  • Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
  • Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
  • Rep. William FordD-MI-15
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
  • Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
  • 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. James ScheuerD-NY-11
  • Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
  • Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
  • Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
  • Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
  • Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
  • Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
  • Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
  • Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
  • Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
  • Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
  • Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
  • Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
  • Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
  • Rep. Ray MaddenD-IN-1
  • Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
  • Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
  • Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
  • 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. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
  • Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
  • 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. John DentD-PA-21
  • Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
  • Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
  • Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
  • Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
  • 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. Philip HayesD-IN-8
  • Rep. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
  • Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
  • Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
  • 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. 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. Toby MoffettD-CT-6
  • 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. James SymingtonD-MO-2
  • Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
  • Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
  • Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
  • 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 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. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
  • Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
  • Rep. Clifford AllenD-TN-5
  • Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
  • Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
  • Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
  • Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
  • Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
  • Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • 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. 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. 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. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
  • Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
  • Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
  • Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-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. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • 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. John BreauxD-LA-7
  • Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
  • Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
  • Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
  • Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
  • Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
  • Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
  • Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
  • Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
  • Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
  • Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
  • Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
  • Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
  • Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
  • Rep. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
  • Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
  • Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
  • Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
  • Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
  • Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
  • Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
  • Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
  • Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
  • Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
  • Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
  • Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3

Republicans who voted yea(86)

  • Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
  • Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
  • Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
  • Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
  • Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
  • Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
  • Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
  • Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
  • Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
  • Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
  • Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
  • 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. John AndersonR-IL-16
  • Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4
  • Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
  • Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
  • Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
  • 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. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
  • Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
  • Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
  • Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-16
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
  • 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. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
  • Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
  • Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
  • Rep. Chuck GrassleyR-IA-3
  • Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
  • Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
  • Rep. Robert KastenR-WI-9
  • Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
  • 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. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6
  • Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
  • 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. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
  • 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. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
  • Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
  • Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
  • Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
  • Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
  • Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1152 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. 20 actions.

  1. Sep 28, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public law 94-422.
  3. Sep 16, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
  5. Sep 15, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
  6. Sep 13, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
  8. Sep 10, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #711 (281-3).House roll call 711
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #711 (281-3).House roll call 711
  11. Sep 2, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1468.
  12. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1468.
  13. Jun 8, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
  14. May 17, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
  15. May 5, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 12234.
  16. Oct 31, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
  17. Oct 29, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
  18. Sep 11, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  19. Jan 23, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  20. 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.