A bill to provide the salaries of certain positions and individuals which were increased as a result of the operation of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 shall not be increased by the first comparability pay adjustment occurring after the date of the enactment of this act.
Public Law 95-66 · S. 964 · 95th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Jul 11, 1977 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Cosponsors (26): Sen. Howard Baker, Sen. Abraham Ribicoff,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 397 yea, 20 nay397–20
- SenateRecorded vote: 93 yea, 1 nay93–1
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.
Prohibits the first salary adjustment which would be made under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 after the date of enactment of this Act from taking effect for the Vice President, Members of Congress, judges, commissioners, and referees, and positions in the Executive Schedule.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 95th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 96 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
96 yea1 nay3 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(60)
- Sen. James AbourezkD-SD
- Sen. Lee MetcalfD-MT
- Sen. William ProxmireD-WI
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. Dick ClarkD-IA
- Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
- Sen. John CulverD-IA
- Sen. Gaylord NelsonD-WI
- Sen. Donald RiegleD-MI
- Sen. John DurkinD-NH
- Sen. Wendell AndersonD-MN
- Sen. William HathawayD-ME
- Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
- Sen. Gary HartD-CO
- Sen. Edmund MuskieD-ME
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE- Sen. Birch BayhD-IN
- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. Hubert HumphreyD-MN
- Sen. Floyd HaskellD-CO
- Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
- Sen. Scoop JacksonD-WA
- Sen. Warren MagnusonD-WA
- Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
- Sen. Thomas McIntyreD-NH
- Sen. Frank ChurchD-ID
- Sen. James SasserD-TN
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI- Sen. Abraham RibicoffD-CT
Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT- Sen. Spark MatsunagaD-HI
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Harrison WilliamsD-NJ
- Sen. Thomas EagletonD-MO
- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
- Sen. Dee HuddlestonD-KY
- Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
- Sen. Adlai StevensonD-IL
- Sen. Robert MorganD-NC
- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
- Sen. John MelcherD-MT
- Sen. John SparkmanD-AL
- Sen. Dennis DeConciniD-AZ
- Sen. Howard CannonD-NV
- Sen. Jennings RandolphD-WV
- Sen. John GlennD-OH
- Sen. Herman TalmadgeD-GA
- Sen. Russell LongD-LA
- Sen. Edward ZorinskyD-NE
- Sen. Lawton ChilesD-FL
- Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
- Sen. Dick StoneD-FL
- Sen. John StennisD-MS
- Sen. James EastlandD-MS
- Sen. John McClellanD-AR
- Sen. James AllenD-AL
- Sen. Harry ByrdD-VA
Republicans who voted yea(36)
- Sen. Clifford CaseR-NJ
- Sen. Jacob JavitsR-NY
- Sen. Edward BrookeR-MA
- Sen. Charles MathiasR-MD
- Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
- Sen. Charles PercyR-IL
- Sen. Henry HeinzR-PA
- Sen. James PearsonR-KS
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
- Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
- Sen. John ChafeeR-RI
- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. John DanforthR-MO
- Sen. Milton YoungR-ND
- Sen. Howard BakerR-TN
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. Henry BellmonR-OK
- Sen. Robert GriffinR-MI
Sen. Richard LugarR-IN- Sen. Samuel HayakawaR-CA
- Sen. Harrison SchmittR-NM
- Sen. John TowerR-TX
- Sen. Dewey BartlettR-OK
- Sen. Malcolm WallopR-WY
- Sen. Clifford HansenR-WY
Sen. Orrin HatchR-UT- Sen. Carl CurtisR-NE
- Sen. Jake GarnR-UT
- Sen. James McClureR-ID
- Sen. Paul LaxaltR-NV
- Sen. William ScottR-VA
- Sen. Jesse HelmsR-NC
- Sen. Barry GoldwaterR-AZ
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 44 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.
Post Office and Civil Service Committee · House · referred to, reported by
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.
- Jul 11, 1977Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 95-66.
- Jun 30, 1977PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Jun 29, 1977PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Jun 28, 1977FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #388 (397-20).House roll call 388
- FloorFloor · Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
- Jun 23, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Mar 30, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Mar 10, 1977FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, roll call #44 (93-1).Senate roll call 44
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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.