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An act to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize consent to an increase in the United States quota in the International Monetary Fund, and for other purposes.

Public Law 96-389 · S. 2271 · 96th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Oct 7, 1980 · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor: Sen. Frank Church (D-ID)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 184 yea, 129 nay184–129
  • SenateMethod not stated
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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.

(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 7244, roll call #565 (184-129))

Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund to consent to an increase in the U.S. quota in the Fund limited as provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

Directs the President to instruct the Secretaries of the Treasury and State and other appropriate Federal officials to encourage countries to safeguard jobs, investment, income redistribution programs, and social programs in formulating economic adjustment programs to deal with their balance of payments difficulties.

Directs the U.S. representatives to the Fund to recommend and work for changes that would: (1) permit the extension of standby arrangements to enable Fund members to implement their adjustment programs successfully taking into account the effects of such programs; (2) work for programs to promote employment, investment, real income per capita, income redistribution, and social programs and to ameliorate any adverse effects of economic adjustment programs on the poor; (3) seek coordination of Fund and World Bank financing activities to safeguard basic human needs and facilitate development of a productive economic base; and (4) request periodic analyses of the effects of economic adjustment programs supported by Fund or World Bank financing. Directs the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to review and take into account specified factors before voting on the approval of a standby arrangement with respect to any economic adjustment program.

Requires the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies to include a report on such actions in its annual report to Congress.

Repeals provisions of such Act which limit the applicability of certain stabilization program requirements to only those programs entered into pursuant to loans from the Supplementary Financing Facility.

Reaffirms the congressional commitment that in fiscal year 1981 Federal budget outlays shall not exceed receipts.

Expresses the sense of Congress that oil exporting countries should assume a greater burden of financing balance of payments deficits through recycling their surpluses and contributing more to the Fund and to international lending institutions.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, with the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund, to study and report to Congress concerning the adequacy of Fund resources and the feasibility of increasing Fund liquidity through various means. Expresses the sense of Congress that such officials shall encourage Fund members to negotiate a dollar-Special Drawing Rights substitution account and report on their progress to Congress.

Expresses the sense of Congress that Taiwan shall be granted appropriate membership in the Fund.

Declares it the policy of the United States that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) should not be given membership in or observer status with the Fund. Directs the President to report recommendations to Congress with regard to U.S. participation in the Fund if the PLO is given official status.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Fund and the World Bank should encourage programs which assist the private sector in stabilizing a nation's economy, particularly with respect to El Salvador and Nicaragua.

Requires the U.S. Executive Director to the Fund to insure that Fund salaries do not exceed specified levels and that travel costs are minimized.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and chair a commission to study U.S. policy concerning the role of gold in the domestic and international monetary systems. Requires such Commission to report to Congress with its findings and recommendations.

Prohibits the appropriation of funds authorized under this Act before October 1, 1980.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 96th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 188 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

188 yea129 nay115 present or did not vote

Dimension 2
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Democrats who voted yea(143)

  • Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
  • Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
  • Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
  • Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
  • Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
  • Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
  • Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
  • Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
  • Rep. Bennett StewartD-IL-1
  • Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
  • 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. Henry ReussD-WI-5
  • Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
  • Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
  • Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
  • Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
  • Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
  • Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
  • Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
  • Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
  • Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
  • Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
  • Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
  • Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
  • Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
  • Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
  • Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
  • Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
  • Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
  • Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
  • 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. 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. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
  • Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
  • Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
  • Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
  • Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
  • Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
  • Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
  • Rep. Peter PeyserD-NY-23
  • Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
  • Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
  • Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
  • Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
  • Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
  • 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. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
  • Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
  • Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
  • Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
  • Rep. Raphael MustoD-PA-11
  • Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
  • Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
  • Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
  • 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. Robert YoungD-MO-2
  • Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
  • Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
  • Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
  • Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
  • Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
  • Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
  • 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. John CavanaughD-NE-2
  • Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
  • Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
  • Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
  • Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
  • Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
  • Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
  • Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
  • Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
  • Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
  • Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
  • Rep. John HutchinsonD-WV-3
  • 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. Ed JonesD-TN-7
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
  • Rep. Vonno GudgerD-NC-11
  • Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
  • Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
  • Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
  • Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
  • Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
  • Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-9
  • Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
  • Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
  • Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
  • Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
  • Rep. Joseph WyattD-TX-14
  • Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
  • Rep. Billy EvansD-GA-8
  • Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
  • Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
  • Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5

Republicans who voted yea(45)

  • Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
  • Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
  • Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
  • Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
  • Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
  • Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
  • Rep. Charles DoughertyR-PA-4
  • Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
  • Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
  • Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
  • 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. Jim JeffordsR-VT
  • Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
  • Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
  • Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
  • Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
  • Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
  • Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
  • Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
  • Rep. William RoyerR-CA-11
  • Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
  • Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
  • Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
  • Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
  • Rep. Arlen ErdahlR-MN-1
  • Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
  • Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
  • Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
  • Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
  • Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
  • Rep. Huey DeckardR-IN-8
  • Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
  • Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
  • Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
  • Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
  • Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
  • Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
  • Rep. David StockmanR-MI-4
  • Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1169 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.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.

  1. Oct 7, 1980Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-389.
  3. Sep 26, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. Sep 25, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
  5. PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
  6. Sep 23, 1980Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments.
  7. Sep 18, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 7244, roll call #565 (184-129).House roll call 565
  8. Jun 16, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #211 (55-25).Senate roll call 211
  9. May 30, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  10. May 9, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  11. CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  12. Feb 6, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  13. 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.