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Joint resolution making supplemental appropriations for the United States Railway Association for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

Public Law 95-282 · H.J.Res. 859 · 95th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on May 19, 1978 · Transportation and Public Works

Sponsor: Rep. George Mahon (D-TX-19)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 202 yea, 196 nay202–196
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.

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Summary

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

Makes supplemental appropriations to the United States Railway Association for administrative expenses for fiscal year 1979.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 95th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 203 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

203 yea196 nay35 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(159)

Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
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. Robert GarciaD-NY-21
Rep. John MossD-CA-3
Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
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. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
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. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
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. James ScheuerD-NY-11
Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
Rep. Ozzie MyersD-PA-1
Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
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. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
Rep. Raymond LedererD-PA-3
Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
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. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
Rep. Helen MeynerD-NJ-13
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
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. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
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. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
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. 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. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
Rep. James MattoxD-TX-5
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3

Republicans who voted yea(44)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
Rep. Newton SteersR-MD-8
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
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. Tim CarterR-KY-5
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
Rep. Bruce CaputoR-NY-23
Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. Robert KastenR-WI-9
Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 925 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 · referred to, reported by
Appropriations Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.

May 19, 1978Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public Law 95-282.
May 15, 1978PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
May 12, 1978PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
May 11, 1978FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
May 10, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
May 1, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
Apr 27, 1978FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #260 (202-196).House roll call 260
FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
Apr 25, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
Apr 19, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Appropriations Committee
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.