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A bill to amend the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 953; 20 U.S.C. 65a), relating to the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, so as to authorize additional appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution for carrying out the purposes of said Act.

Public Law 96-268 · S. 1786 · 96th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Jun 13, 1980 · Arts, Culture, Religion

Sponsor: Sen. Scoop Jackson (D-WA)

Cosponsors (2): Sen. Robert Morgan, Sen. Barry Goldwater

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 262 yea, 131 nay262–131
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.

Amends the National Museum Act of 1966 to authorize additional appropriations of $803,000 for fiscal year 1981 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1982 to the Smithsonian Institution to carry out the purposes of the Act.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 96th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 262 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

262 yea131 nay40 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(217)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-21
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
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. James ScheuerD-NY-11
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
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 DanielsonD-CA-30
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
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. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
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. 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. 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. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
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. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. Raphael MustoD-PA-11
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-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. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
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. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
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. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
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. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
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. 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. 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. 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. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
Rep. Joseph WyattD-TX-14
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
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. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Anthony LeachD-LA-4
Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
Rep. Eugene AtkinsonD-PA-25
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
Rep. James SantiniD-NV
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23

Republicans who voted yea(45)

Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Huey DeckardR-IN-8
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. Jon HinsonR-MS-4
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 932 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.

Committee on House Administration · House · referred to
Rules and Administration Committee · Senate · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 12 actions.

Jun 13, 1980Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-268.
Jun 5, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Jun 4, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #285 (262-131).House roll call 285
Jun 3, 1980FloorFloor · Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Apr 15, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Committee on House Administration
Apr 1, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
Mar 26, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Rules and Administration Committee
Sep 21, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Rules and Administration Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate

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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.