Joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1978, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-205 · H.J.Res. 662 · 95th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Dec 9, 1977 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. George Mahon (D-TX-19)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 181 yea, 167 nay181–167
- 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.
(House agreed to certain Sen. admn. with an admn., r.c. #775 (181-167) (See H. Res. 929))
Makes continuing appropriations for programs and projects provided for in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act.
Provides continuing appropriations for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare.
Specifies that none of the funds provided shall be used for abortions except: (1) where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; (2) for medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest when such crime has been reported promptly to a law enforcement agency or public health service; or (3) in those instances where severe and long-lasting physical health damage to the mother would result if the pregnancy were carried to term when so determined by two physicians.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 95th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 210 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
210 yea196 nay28 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(174)
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- 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. 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. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
- Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
- Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
- Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
- Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
- Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
- Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
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. William MoorheadD-PA-14
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
- Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
- Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
- Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
- Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
- Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- 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. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
- Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
- Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
- Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
- Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
- Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
- 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. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-15
Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- 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. Edward PattisonD-NY-29
- Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
- Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
- Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
- Rep. Cecil HeftelD-HI-1
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
- Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
- Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
- Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
- Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
- Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
- Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. David CornwellD-IN-8
- Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
- Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
- Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
- Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
- Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
Rep. Max BaucusD-MT-1- Rep. Clifford AllenD-TN-5
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
- 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. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
- Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
- Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
- Rep. Walter FlowersD-AL-7
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
- Rep. James MattoxD-TX-5
- Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
- Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
- Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Vonno GudgerD-NC-11
- Rep. James MannD-SC-4
- Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
- Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. James SantiniD-NV
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
- Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
- Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
- Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
- Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
- Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
- Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
Republicans who voted yea(36)
- Rep. Newton SteersR-MD-8
- Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
- Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
- Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
- Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
- Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
- Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
- Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
- Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
- Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
- Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4- Rep. Paul TribleR-VA-1
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-39
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
- Rep. William KetchumR-CA-18
- Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
- Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
- Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. David StockmanR-MI-4
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 701 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. 17 actions.
- Dec 9, 1977Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 95-205.
- Dec 8, 1977PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Dec 7, 1977Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to certain Senate amendments with an amendment, roll call #775 (181-167) (See H. Res. 929).House roll call 775
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to certain Senate amendment (See H.Res. 929).
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to concur in Senate amendments rejected in House, roll call #770 (171-178) (See H. Res. 928).House roll call 770
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to certain Senate amendments with an amendment, roll call #775 (181-167) (See H. Res. 929).House roll call 775
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: Motion to concur in Senate amendments rejected in House, roll call #770 (171-178) (See H. Res. 928).House roll call 770
- Dec 6, 1977FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended.
- Nov 29, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to 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.