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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 1977

Public Law 95-19 · H.R. 4800 · 95th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Apr 12, 1977 · Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Rep. James Corman (D-CA-21)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 406 yea, 2 nay406–2
  • SenateMethod not stated
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Summary

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

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - =Title I: Amendments to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program= - Extends the emergency unemployment compensation program until October 31, 1977. Directs that the maximum duration of emergency benefits be limited to 13 weeks and that the program be in effect only in States with insured unemployment rates of five percent or more. Prohibits accepting new applications for benefits under the emergency program after September 30, 1977.

Eliminates the requirement that the cost of emergency compensation paid after March, 1977 ultimately be repaid to the Treasury out of Federal unemployment tax receipts.

Requires that an emergency benefits recipient provide tangible evidence of a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during any week for which benefits are claimed. Precludes the payment of emergency benefits to people who refuse suitable jobs. Enumerates circumstances under which a recipient may refuse job offers.

Authorizes a State to require repayment of excess emergency benefits to the appropriate State agency in the case of individuals who received benefits to which they were not entitled. Permits a State to waive such repayment if it determines that the excess payment was made without fault of the recipient and such repayment would be inequitable and contrary to good conscience.

Sets forth guidelines relative to repayment of excess benefits.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to arrange for modification of State emergency compensation agreements to reflect the revisions in the emergency unemployment compensation program made by this Act.

Terminates an individual's entitlement to emergency benefits two years after the end of the benefit year for which regular benefits were payable.

=Title II: Repayment of State Loans= - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the date after which the limit total credits allowable to a taxpayer with respect to the Federal unemployment tax are to be reduced an additional five percent in States having a balance of certain advances in its unemployment amount.

=Title III: Other Unemployment Compensation Amendments= - Amends the requirement of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 that State law conform to certain of its provisions relative to employees of educational and nonprofit institutions, pregnant women, and use of the reimbursement method by local governments by January, 1978, to grant a one year extension to those States whose legislatures do not meet in a regular session which closes during calendar year 1977.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit payment of emergency unemployment benefits to aliens under specified conditions.

Prohibits payment of emergency unemployment benefits to teachers for brief vacation periods during the school year, but only if the teacher was employed immediately before the vacation began and has reasonable assurance of continued employment after the vacation.

Extends the deadlines for the completion and transmittal of the interim and fiscal reports of the National Commission of Unemployment Compensation.

=Title IV: Federal Salary Act Amendments of 1977= - Requires that all future pay increases for Members of Congress, Federal judges, and specified other Federal officials be subject to roll call vote in both the House and Senate.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 95th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 406 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

406 yea2 nay24 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(266)

  • Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
  • Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
  • Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
  • Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
  • Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
  • Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
  • Rep. James CormanD-CA-21
  • Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
  • Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
  • Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
  • Rep. Yvonne BurkeD-CA-28
  • Rep. John MossD-CA-3
  • Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
  • Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
  • Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
  • Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
  • Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
  • Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
  • Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
  • Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
  • Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
  • Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
  • Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
  • Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
  • Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
  • Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
  • Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
  • Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
  • Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
  • Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
  • Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
  • Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
  • Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
  • Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
  • Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
  • Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
  • Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
  • Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
  • Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
  • Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
  • Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
  • Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
  • Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
  • Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
  • Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
  • Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
  • Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
  • Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
  • Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
  • Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
  • Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
  • Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
  • Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
  • Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
  • Rep. Ozzie MyersD-PA-1
  • Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
  • Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
  • Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
  • Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
  • Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
  • Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
  • Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
  • Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
  • Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
  • Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
  • Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
  • Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
  • Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
  • Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
  • Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
  • Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
  • Rep. Raymond LedererD-PA-3
  • Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
  • Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
  • Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
  • Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
  • Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
  • Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
  • Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
  • Rep. Joseph LeFanteD-NJ-14
  • Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
  • Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
  • Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
  • Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
  • Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
  • Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
  • Rep. Helen MeynerD-NJ-13
  • Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
  • Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
  • Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
  • Rep. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
  • Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
  • Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
  • Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
  • Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
  • Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
  • Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
  • Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
  • Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
  • Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
  • Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
  • Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
  • Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
  • Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
  • Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
  • Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
  • Rep. Toby MoffettD-CT-6
  • Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
  • Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-15
  • Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2
  • Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
  • Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
  • Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
  • Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
  • Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
  • Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
  • Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
  • Rep. James TuckerD-AR-2
  • Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
  • Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
  • Rep. Edward PattisonD-NY-29
  • Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
  • Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
  • Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
  • Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
  • Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
  • Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
  • Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
  • Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
  • Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
  • Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
  • Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
  • Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
  • Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
  • Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
  • Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
  • Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
  • Rep. Joseph AmmermanD-PA-23
  • Rep. Richard TonryD-LA-1
  • Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
  • Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
  • Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
  • Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
  • Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
  • Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
  • Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
  • Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
  • Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
  • Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
  • Rep. Michael BlouinD-IA-2
  • Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-4
  • Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
  • Rep. Adam BenjaminD-IN-1
  • Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
  • Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
  • Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
  • Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
  • Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
  • Rep. David CornwellD-IN-8
  • Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
  • Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
  • Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
  • Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
  • Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
  • Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
  • Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
  • Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
  • Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
  • Rep. Max BaucusD-MT-1
  • Rep. Clifford AllenD-TN-5
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
  • Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
  • Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
  • Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
  • Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
  • Rep. John CavanaughD-NE-2
  • Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
  • Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
  • Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
  • Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
  • Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
  • Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
  • Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
  • Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
  • Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
  • Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
  • Rep. Walter FlowersD-AL-7
  • Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
  • Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
  • Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
  • Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
  • Rep. Theodore RisenhooverD-OK-2
  • Rep. James MattoxD-TX-5
  • Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
  • Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
  • Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
  • Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
  • Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
  • Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
  • Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
  • Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
  • Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
  • Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
  • Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
  • Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
  • Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
  • Rep. Billy EvansD-GA-8
  • Rep. Vonno GudgerD-NC-11
  • Rep. James MannD-SC-4
  • Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
  • Rep. Allen ErtelD-PA-17
  • Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
  • Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
  • Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
  • Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
  • Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
  • Rep. James SantiniD-NV
  • Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
  • Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
  • Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-2
  • Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
  • Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
  • Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
  • Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
  • Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
  • Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
  • Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. Andy IrelandD-FL-8
  • Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
  • Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
  • Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
  • Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
  • Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
  • Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
  • Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
  • Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
  • Rep. Robert GammageD-TX-22
  • Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
  • Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
  • Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
  • Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
  • Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
  • Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
  • Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
  • Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
  • Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
  • Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
  • Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
  • Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
  • Rep. Robert StumpD-AZ-3
  • Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3

Republicans who voted yea(140)

  • Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
  • Rep. Newton SteersR-MD-8
  • Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
  • Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
  • Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
  • Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
  • Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
  • Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
  • Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
  • Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
  • Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
  • Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
  • Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
  • Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
  • Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
  • Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
  • Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
  • Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
  • Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
  • Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
  • Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
  • Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
  • Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
  • Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
  • Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
  • Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
  • Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
  • Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
  • Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
  • Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
  • Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
  • Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
  • Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
  • Rep. Don YoungR-AK
  • Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
  • Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
  • Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
  • Rep. Bruce CaputoR-NY-23
  • Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
  • Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
  • Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
  • Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
  • Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
  • Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
  • Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
  • Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
  • Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
  • Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
  • Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
  • Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4
  • Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
  • Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
  • Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
  • Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
  • Rep. Paul TribleR-VA-1
  • Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
  • Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
  • Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
  • Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
  • Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
  • Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
  • Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
  • Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
  • Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
  • Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
  • Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
  • Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
  • Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
  • Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
  • Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
  • Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
  • Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Robert KastenR-WI-9
  • Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-15
  • Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
  • Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
  • Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-39
  • Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
  • Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
  • Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
  • Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
  • Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
  • Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
  • Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
  • Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
  • Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
  • Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
  • Rep. William KetchumR-CA-18
  • Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
  • Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
  • Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
  • Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
  • Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
  • Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
  • Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
  • Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
  • Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
  • Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
  • Rep. Chuck GrassleyR-IA-3
  • Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
  • Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
  • Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
  • Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
  • Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
  • Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
  • Rep. David StockmanR-MI-4
  • Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
  • Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
  • Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
  • Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
  • Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
  • Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
  • Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
  • Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-27
  • Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
  • Rep. Eldon RuddR-AZ-4
  • Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
  • Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
  • Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
  • Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
  • Rep. Richard KellyR-FL-5
  • Rep. Dan QuayleR-IN-4
  • Rep. Delwin ClawsonR-CA-33
  • Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
  • Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
  • Rep. John RousselotR-CA-26
  • Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
  • Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
  • Rep. Steven SymmsR-ID-1
  • Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 104 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

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 22 actions.

  1. Apr 12, 1977Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public law 95-19.
  3. Apr 5, 1977PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
  5. Apr 4, 1977PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
  6. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
  8. Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #122 (406-2).House roll call 122
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #122 (406-2).House roll call 122
  10. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-158.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-158.
  12. Mar 30, 1977Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
  13. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
  14. FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #86 (84-11).Senate roll call 86
  15. FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
  16. Mar 28, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Finance Committee
  17. Mar 22, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Finance Committee
  18. Mar 21, 1977FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #87 (327-63).House roll call 87
  19. FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to the Committee on Ways and Means rejected in House.
  20. Mar 15, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Ways and Means Committee
  21. Mar 10, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
  22. 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.