Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977
Public Law 94-440 · H.R. 14238 · 94th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Oct 1, 1976 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. George Shipley (D-IL-22)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 299 yea, 94 nay299–94
- 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.
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act - =Title I: Senate= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1977 for enumerated offices, salaries, allowances, and expenses of the Senate.
=Title II: House of Representatives= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1977 for enumerated offices, salaries, allowances, and expenses of the House of Representatives.
States that specified provisions of H. Res. 698, H. Res. 732, H. Res. 1368, and H. Res. 1372 94th Congress, shall be permanent law.
=Title III: Joint Items= - Appropriates sums for fiscal year 1977 for: (1) joint committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physicians; (3) the Capitol Police; (4) the education of pages; (5) official mail costs; (6) Capitol Guide Service; and (7) statements of appropriations.
=Title IV: Office of Technology Assessment= - Appropriates $6,624,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the Technology Assessment Act of 1972.
=Title V: Congressional Budget Office= - Appropriates $9,319,200 for salaries and expenses under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
=Title VI: Architect of the Capitol= - Appropriates specified sums for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and Capitol buildings and grounds for fiscal year 1977.
=Title VII: Botanic Garden= - Appropriates $1,164,900 for the Botanic Garden for fiscal year 1977.
=Title VIII: Library of Congress= - Appropriates $66,978,000 for necessary expenses of the Library of Congress for fiscal year 1977. Appropriates specified sums for the Copyright Office, the Congressional Research Service, book collections, and other enumerated Library of Congress salaries and expenses.
Sets forth administrative provisions regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.
=Title IX: Copyright Royalty Commission= - Appropriates $268,000 for the necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Commission.
=Title X: Government Printing Office= - Appropriates sums for printing and binding, salaries and expenses of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, and the GPO Revolving Fund for fiscal year 1977.
=Title XI: General Accounting Office= - Appropriates sums for the salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office for fiscal year 1977.
=Title XII: Cost-Accounting Standards Board= - Appropriates $1,700,000 for the expenses of the Cost-Accounting Standards Board in carrying out specified provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950.
=Title XIII: General Provisions= - Prohibits use of funds appropriated under this Act for maintenance of private vehicles, with an exception under the House of Representatives Committee on House Administration regulation.
Places additional restrictions on the uses of funds appropriated in this Act.
Eliminates the one percent add on for cost-of-living adjustments in annuities of Federal and military retirees and establishes a new method of computing adjustments. Provides that the effective dates of the semi-annual cost-of-living adjustments will be March 1 and September 1.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 299 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
299 yea94 nay37 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(240)
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- 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. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- 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. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
- Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
- 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. 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. James ScheuerD-NY-11
- Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
- Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- 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. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. George MillerD-CA-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. 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. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
- 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. James StantonD-OH-20
- Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
- Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
- 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. John DentD-PA-21
- 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. 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. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- 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. William HungateD-MO-9
- Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
- Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
- 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. Leonor SullivanD-MO-3
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- 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. 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. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- 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. William RandallD-MO-4
- Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. James SantiniD-NV
- Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- 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. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
- Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
- Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
- Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
- Rep. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
- Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
- Rep. James MannD-SC-4
- Rep. Dale MilfordD-TX-24
- 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. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
Republicans who voted yea(59)
- Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
- Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
- Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
- Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
- Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
- Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
- Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
- 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. William WamplerR-VA-9
- Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
- Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
- Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
- Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
- Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
- Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-27
- Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
- Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
- Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
- Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
- Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
- Rep. Edwin EshlemanR-PA-16
- Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
- Rep. William KetchumR-CA-18
- Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. Richard KellyR-FL-5
- Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1221 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. 26 actions.
- Oct 1, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 94-440.
- Sep 27, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- Sep 23, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Sep 22, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded and concurred in certain House Amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to certain House amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House insisted on its disagreement to certain Senate amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #793 (299-94).House roll call 793
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #793 (299-94).House roll call 793
- Sep 15, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1559.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1559.
- Sep 13, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Sep 8, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #575 (63-5).Senate roll call 575
- Sep 7, 1976FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Sep 3, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Sep 1, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, provisions of H. Res. 1368 and H. Res. 1372 inserted.
- FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions rejected in House, roll call #688 (195-199).House roll call 688
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jun 8, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations 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.