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Education Division and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1976

Public Law 94-94 · H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress · began in the House

Vetoed by Gerald Ford (R); passed over the veto on Sep 10, 1975 · Education

Veto override

Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Flood (D-PA-11)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 215 yea, 178 nay215–178
SenateRecorded vote: 80 yea, 15 nay80–15

Veto override votes

HouseNeeds two-thirds: 379 yea, 41 nay379–41
SenateNeeds two-thirds: 88 yea, 12 nay88–12

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.

(Public law 94-94)

Education Division and Related Agencies Appropriation Act - Makes appropriations for the Education Division and related agencies for fiscal year 1976 and the transitional period from June of 1976 to September of 1976.

=Title I: Education Division= - Appropriates specified sums to the Office of Education for various programs including: elementary and secondary education, school assistance in federally affected areas, emergency school aid, education for the handicapped, higher education, library resources, innovative and experimental programs, educational activities overseas, the student loan insurance fund, the higher education facilities loan and insurance fund, and the National Institute of Education.

Appropriates specified sums to the Office of Education for salaries and expenses.

=Title II: Related Agencies= - Appropriates specified sums for the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Gallaudet College, and Howard University.

=Title III: General Provisions= - States that no part of the funds contained in this Act may be used to : (1) force any school or school district which is desegregated, as that term is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to force the busing of students; to force on account of race, creed, or color the abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending any elementary or secondary school so desegregated to or from a particular school over the protest of his or her parents or parent; or (2) to take any action to force the busing of students; to require the abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force on account of race, creed, or color the transfer of students to or from a particular school so desegregated as a condition precedent to obtaining Federal funds otherwise available to any State, school district, or school.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 225 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

225 yea188 nay21 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(185)

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. 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. William BarrettD-PA-1
Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
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 BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
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. 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. Richard FultonD-TN-5
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. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
Rep. Joseph KarthD-MN-4
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. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
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. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
Rep. Philip HayesD-IN-8
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
Rep. Torbert MacdonaldD-MA-7
Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Donald RiegleD-MI-7
Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
Rep. Tim HallD-IL-15
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
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. 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. 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. 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. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
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. Allan HoweD-UT-2
Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
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. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. Theodore RisenhooverD-OK-2
Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
Sen. James AbourezkD-SD
Sen. Dick ClarkD-IA
Sen. Gaylord NelsonD-WI
Sen. Mike MansfieldD-MT
Sen. George McGovernD-SD
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE
Sen. Floyd HaskellD-CO
Sen. Lee MetcalfD-MT
Sen. John CulverD-IA
Sen. Gary HartD-CO
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. Thomas EagletonD-MO
Sen. Edmund MuskieD-ME
Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
Sen. Frank ChurchD-ID
Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
Sen. Hubert HumphreyD-MN
Sen. Stuart SymingtonD-MO
Sen. Adlai StevensonD-IL
Sen. Thomas McIntyreD-NH
Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
Sen. Frank MossD-UT
Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
Sen. Dee HuddlestonD-KY
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV
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. Daniel InouyeD-HI
Sen. Robert MorganD-NC
Sen. Jennings RandolphD-WV
Sen. Lawton ChilesD-FL
Sen. Joseph MontoyaD-NM
Sen. Dick StoneD-FL
Sen. Mike GravelD-AK
Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
Sen. John SparkmanD-AL
Sen. Gale McGeeD-WY
Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
Sen. Russell LongD-LA
Sen. Herman TalmadgeD-GA
Sen. John StennisD-MS
Sen. John McClellanD-AR
Sen. Harry ByrdD-VA
Sen. James AllenD-AL

Republicans who voted yea(40)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Peter PeyserR-NY-23
Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
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. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
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. Charles PercyR-IL
Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
Sen. Hugh ScottR-PA
Sen. James PearsonR-KS
Sen. John BeallR-MD
Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
Sen. Hiram FongR-HI
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK
Sen. Milton YoungR-ND
Sen. William RothR-DE
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
Sen. Robert TaftR-OH
Sen. Howard BakerR-TN
Sen. Henry BellmonR-OK

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 301 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.

Appropriations Committee · House · reported by
Appropriations Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to the override, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 35 actions.

Sep 10, 1975VetoVeto · Motion to override veto passed Senate, roll call #389 (88-12).Senate roll call 389
VetoVeto · Passed Senate over veto: Motion to override veto passed Senate, roll call #389 (88-12).Senate roll call 389
PresidentPresident · Public law 94-94.
Sep 9, 1975VetoVeto · Motion to override veto passed House, roll call #502 (379-41).House roll call 502
VetoVeto · Passed House over veto: Motion to override veto passed House, roll call #502 (379-41).House roll call 502
Jul 25, 1975PresidentPresident · Vetoed by President, H. Doc. 94-222.
Jul 18, 1975PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendment, roll call #407 (215-178).House roll call 407
OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendment, roll call #407 (215-178).House roll call 407
Jul 17, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate insisted on certain amendment, roll call #294 (65-29).Senate roll call 294
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate concurred in certain House amendments.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #293 (80-15).Senate roll call 293
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #293 (80-15).Senate roll call 293
OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate insisted on certain amendment, roll call #294 (65-29).Senate roll call 294
Jul 16, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · House insisted on its disagreement to certain Senate amendment, roll call #394 (212-211).House roll call 394
Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendment with amendment.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendment.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #393 (370-42).House roll call 393
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #393 (370-42).House roll call 393
OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: House insisted on its disagreement to certain Senate amendment, roll call #394 (212-211).House roll call 394
Jul 11, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-347.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-347.
Jul 8, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
Jun 27, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #258 (64-12).Senate roll call 258
FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
Jun 18, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
Apr 17, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee

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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.