Joint resolution making further urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.
Public Law 94-6 · H.J.Res. 210 · 94th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Feb 28, 1975 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. George Mahon (D-TX-19)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateRecorded vote: 61 yea, 29 nay61–29
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.
(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #31 (61-29))
Makes further urgent supplemental appropriations for fiscal 1975, including $296,000 for House salaries in the Sergeant at Arms' office; $1,500,000 for House furniture; $79,000 for the Capitol Police; $300,000 for the Architect of the Capitol for contingent expenses; $15,000,000 for new House office space; $134,000 for temporary Senate parking and $866,000 for permanent Senate parking; and $125,000,000 for the Federal Railroad Administration.
Repeals the limitation on travel expenses for Government officers and employees enacted in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 62 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
62 yea29 nay8 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(42)
- Sen. James AbourezkD-SD
- Sen. Dick ClarkD-IA
- Sen. Gaylord NelsonD-WI
- Sen. George McGovernD-SD
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE- Sen. Floyd HaskellD-CO
- Sen. Lee MetcalfD-MT
- Sen. John CulverD-IA
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. Philip HartD-MI
- Sen. William HathawayD-ME
- Sen. Rupert HartkeD-IN
Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT- Sen. Birch BayhD-IN
- Sen. Walter MondaleD-MN
- Sen. Edmund MuskieD-ME
- Sen. Frank ChurchD-ID
- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. Hubert HumphreyD-MN
- Sen. Adlai StevensonD-IL
- Sen. Thomas McIntyreD-NH
- Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
- Sen. Frank MossD-UT
- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
- Sen. Dee HuddlestonD-KY
- Sen. Harrison WilliamsD-NJ
- Sen. John TunneyD-CA
- Sen. Scoop JacksonD-WA
- Sen. Warren MagnusonD-WA
- Sen. Abraham RibicoffD-CT
- Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
- Sen. John PastoreD-RI
- Sen. John GlennD-OH
- Sen. Jennings RandolphD-WV
- Sen. Joseph MontoyaD-NM
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. John SparkmanD-AL
- Sen. Gale McGeeD-WY
- Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
- Sen. Russell LongD-LA
- Sen. John McClellanD-AR
- Sen. James EastlandD-MS
Republicans who voted yea(19)
- Sen. Clifford CaseR-NJ
- Sen. Edward BrookeR-MA
- Sen. Richard SchweikerR-PA
- Sen. Jacob JavitsR-NY
- Sen. Charles MathiasR-MD
- Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
- Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
- Sen. Hugh ScottR-PA
- Sen. James PearsonR-KS
- Sen. John BeallR-MD
- Sen. Hiram FongR-HI
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK- Sen. Milton YoungR-ND
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM- Sen. Howard BakerR-TN
- Sen. Robert GriffinR-MI
- Sen. Clifford HansenR-WY
- Sen. John TowerR-TX
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 31 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. 1 yea vote was cast by members of neither major party and is highlighted on the compass but not listed. 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. 12 actions.
- Feb 28, 1975Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 94-6.
- PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- Feb 27, 1975PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to Senate amendments.
- Feb 26, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #31 (61-29).Senate roll call 31
- Feb 25, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Feb 21, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Feb 20, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #21 (273-134).House roll call 21
- Feb 18, 1975CommitteeCommittee · 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.