Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978
Public Law 95-94 · H.R. 7932 · 95th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Aug 5, 1977 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. George Shipley (D-IL-22)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 252 yea, 152 nay252–152
- 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.
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act - =Title I: Congressional Operations Appropriation Act= - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1978 for the operations of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the expenses of specified joint committees, the Capitol Police, the Office of Technology Assessment, the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, the Architect of the Capitol, the Congressional Research Service, and the Government Printing Office. Makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1977 for specified Congressional operations.
=Title II: Related Agencies= - Appropriates funds for the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress, the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, the Government Printing Office, the General Accounting Office, and the Cost-Accounting Standards Board.
=Title III: Capitol Improvements= - Appropriates funds for a study of the utilization of office space in the Capitol, and for the preparation of specifications for restoration of the West Central Front of the Capitol.
=Title IV: General Provisions= - Sets forth restrictions on expenditures made pursuant to this Act. Amends certain provisions of law dealing with the printing of the Congressional Directory, and the costs of publishing the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 95th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 257 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
257 yea157 nay19 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(207)
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
- 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. 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. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
- Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
- Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
- Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
- Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
- 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. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
- Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
- Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
- Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
- 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. Edward BeardD-RI-2
- Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
- Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-15
Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2- 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. 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. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
- Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
- Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
- Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
- Rep. Cecil HeftelD-HI-1
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- 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. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
- 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. Koln McKayD-UT-1
- Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
- Rep. Michael BlouinD-IA-2
- Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-4
- 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. Ed JonesD-TN-7
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
- Rep. Clifford AllenD-TN-5
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
- Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
- Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
- Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
- Rep. Walter FlowersD-AL-7
- Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
- Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
- Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
- Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
- Rep. Billy EvansD-GA-8
- Rep. Robert KruegerD-TX-21
- Rep. James MannD-SC-4
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
- Rep. Andy IrelandD-FL-8
- Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
- Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
- Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. Dale MilfordD-TX-24
- Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
- Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
- Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
- Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
- Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Republicans who voted yea(50)
- 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. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
- Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
- 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. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
- Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
- Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
- Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
- Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
- Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
- Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
- Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
- Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-39
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
- Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
- Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
- Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
- Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
- Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 426 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. 27 actions.
- Aug 5, 1977Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 95-94.
- Jul 28, 1977PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- Jul 27, 1977PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Jul 26, 1977Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded from certain amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded and concurred in House amendments to certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House insisted on its disagreement to certain Senate amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred with amendment in certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #456 (252-152).House roll call 456
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #456 (252-152).House roll call 456
- Jul 20, 1977Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-506.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-506.
- Jul 19, 1977Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Jul 18, 1977Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #296 (85-10).Senate roll call 296
- Jul 15, 1977FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Jul 13, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jun 30, 1977CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jun 29, 1977FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call # 396 (250-161).House roll call 396
- FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions rejected in House.
- Jun 21, 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.