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A bill granting the consent of Congress to the compact between the States of New York and New Jersey providing for the coordination, facilitation, promotion, preservation and protection of trade and commerce in and through the Port of New York District through the financing and effectuation of industrial development projects.

Public Law 96-163 · H.R. 4943 · 96th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Dec 28, 1979 · Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ-10)

Cosponsors (13): Rep. Joseph Addabbo, Rep. Shirley Chisholm,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 412 yea, 0 nay412–0
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.

(Senate receded from its amendment)

Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of Congress to the compact between the States of New York and New Jersey which provides for the promotion and preservation of commerce in and through the Port of New York District by financing industrial development projects.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 96th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 414 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

414 yea1 nay18 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

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Democrats who voted yea(262)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-21
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
Rep. James CormanD-CA-21
Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Bennett StewartD-IL-1
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
Rep. Toby MoffettD-CT-6
Rep. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Edward StackD-FL-12
Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Ozzie MyersD-PA-1
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Raymond LedererD-PA-3
Rep. Peter PeyserD-NY-23
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. Geraldine FerraroD-NY-9
Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-4
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
Rep. Donald BaileyD-PA-21
Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Cecil HeftelD-HI-1
Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Raymond KogovsekD-CO-3
Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. John CavanaughD-NE-2
Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Adam BenjaminD-IN-1
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Allen ErtelD-PA-17
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. James MattoxD-TX-5
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD-1
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. Vonno GudgerD-NC-11
Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-11
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-2
Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-9
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
Rep. Joseph WyattD-TX-14
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. Andy IrelandD-FL-8
Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Eugene AtkinsonD-PA-25
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
Rep. James SantiniD-NV
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7
Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Phil GrammD-TX-6
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Rep. Robert StumpD-AZ-3

Republicans who voted yea(152)

Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
Rep. Charles DoughertyR-PA-4
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
Rep. Lyle WilliamsR-OH-19
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
Rep. William RoyerR-CA-11
Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
Rep. Arlen ErdahlR-MN-1
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Paul TribleR-VA-1
Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
Rep. Carroll CampbellR-SC-4
Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
Rep. Huey DeckardR-IN-8
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-15
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-13
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Edwin BethuneR-AR-2
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-37
Rep. Jon HinsonR-MS-4
Rep. Chuck GrassleyR-IA-3
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Gary LeeR-NY-33
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-27
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Wayne GrishamR-CA-33
Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-18
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. David StockmanR-MI-4
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-29
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Dan QuayleR-IN-4
Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Eldon RuddR-AZ-4
Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-34
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. James JeffriesR-KS-2
Rep. Richard KellyR-FL-5
Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
Rep. John RousselotR-CA-26
Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
Rep. Steven SymmsR-ID-1
Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Rep. Daniel CraneR-IL-22
Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-22

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 526 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.

Judiciary Committee · House · referred to, reported by
Judiciary Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.

Dec 28, 1979Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-163.
Dec 18, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Dec 14, 1979Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded from its amendment.
Dec 10, 1979Resolving differencesResolving differences · House disagreed to Senate amendment.
Dec 6, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
Nov 27, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Judiciary Committee
Oct 24, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Oct 23, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #588 (412-0).House roll call 588
FloorFloor · Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Oct 10, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Judiciary Committee
Jul 24, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary 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.

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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.