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Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1977

Public Law 94-441 · H.R. 14260 · 94th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Oct 1, 1976 · International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. Otto Passman (D-LA-5)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 216 yea, 155 nay216–155
  • SenateRecorded vote: 56 yea, 24 nay56–24
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Summary

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

Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act - =Title I: Foreign Assistance Act Activities= - Makes specified appropriations to the President, for the period ending September 30, 1977, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for enumerated foreign assistance activities.

Prohibits the use of funds, which are specified as to the use under this Act, for countries or operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the Appropriations Committees without their approval.

Restricts the amount which may be used for centrally funded research programs under certain development programs. Limits the use of such foreign assistance funds for water resources programs and loans. Prohibits the use of such funds: (1) to compensate persons serving in the armed forces of any recipient country; (2) to make payments on specified procurement contracts; (3) to pay dues or assessments of any member of the United Nations; or (4) to assist North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos.

Limits the amount of funds which may be used for residence, representation, and entertainment expenses of the Agency for International Development.

=Title II: Foreign Military Credit Sales= - Makes specified appropriations to the President for foreign military credit sales.

=Title III: Foreign Assistance (Other)= - Makes appropriations for specified periods: (1) to Action for purposes of the Peace Corps Act; (2) to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the Cuban refugees program, under the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962; (3) to the Department of State for migration and refugee assistance, under the Foreign Service Act of 1946, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976, and other legislation; (4) to the President for international investments authorized by the Asian Development Bank Act of 1974, for investment in the Inter-American Development Bank, for payments to the International Development Association and for payment of the United State's contribution to the African Development Fund; (5) for assistance to refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the Soviet Union, or Communist countries of Eastern Europe; and (6) for a contribution to the African Development Fund.

=Title IV: Export-Import Bank of the United States= - Authorizes the Export-Import Bank of the United States to make expenditures to carry out the budget program for the current fiscal year. Makes appropriations for the program activities and the administrative expenses of the Bank with certain limitations.

=Title V: General Provisions= - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act: (1) for publicity propaganda in the United States not previously authorized by Congress; (2) for specified expenses of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance; (3) for obligations beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly authorized; (4) for assistance to any country which is in default for more than one year on a loan made by the United States; (5) for military assistance, training, or credit to Uruguay; and (6) by any international financial institution who United States representatives cannot obtain the amounts and names of borrowers for all loans for the institution.

Provides that not to exceed $1,626,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for fiscal year 1977 shall be made available to the Office of the Inspector General of Foreign Assistance.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 235 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

235 yea174 nay21 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(172)

  • 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. 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. 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. 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. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
  • 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. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
  • Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
  • Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
  • 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. 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. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
  • Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
  • 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. 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. Donald FraserD-MN-5
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
  • 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. John MoakleyD-MA-9
  • Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
  • Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
  • Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
  • Rep. Philip HayesD-IN-8
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
  • Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
  • Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
  • 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. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
  • Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
  • Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
  • 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. 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. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
  • Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-23
  • 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. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
  • Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-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. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
  • Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
  • Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
  • Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
  • Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
  • Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
  • Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
  • Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
  • Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2
  • Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
  • Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
  • Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
  • 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. Jake PickleD-TX-10
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
  • Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
  • Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
  • Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
  • Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
  • Rep. Robert KruegerD-TX-21
  • Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
  • Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5

Republicans who voted yea(63)

  • 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. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
  • Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
  • 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. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
  • Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
  • Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
  • Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
  • Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
  • Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
  • Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
  • Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
  • Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
  • Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
  • Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
  • Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
  • Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
  • Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-16
  • Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
  • Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
  • Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
  • Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
  • 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. John RhodesR-AZ-1
  • Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
  • Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
  • Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
  • Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
  • Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
  • Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
  • Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
  • Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
  • Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
  • Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
  • Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
  • Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
  • Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-39
  • Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
  • Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1233 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. 25 actions.

  1. Oct 1, 1976Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public law 94-441.
  3. PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. Sep 29, 1976PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
  5. PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
  6. Sep 28, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments to Senate amendments.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #657 (56-24).Senate roll call 657
  8. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #657 (56-24).Senate roll call 657
  9. Sep 27, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with amendments.
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #810 (216-155).House roll call 810
  12. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #810 (216-155).House roll call 810
  13. Sep 21, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1642.
  14. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1642.
  15. Sep 14, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
  16. Sep 10, 1976Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
  17. FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #579 (52-25).Senate roll call 579
  18. Jun 30, 1976FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
  19. Jun 29, 1976FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #479 (238-169).House roll call 479
  20. FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations rejected in House.
  21. CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
  22. CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
  23. Jun 25, 1976FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
  24. Jun 8, 1976CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
  25. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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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.