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A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow the transportation or mailing to a foreign country of material concerning a lottery authorized by that foreign country, and for other purposes.

Public Law 96-90 · H.R. 1301 · 96th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Oct 23, 1979 · Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Harold Sawyer (R-MI-5)

Cosponsors (1): Rep. Wyche Fowler

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 269 yea, 121 nay269–121
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.

Extends the current exception to prohibitions against commerce in lottery material (allowing such commerce within a State with respect to a State-conducted lottery) to include the exportation of lottery material to a foreign country for use in a lottery authorized by such country.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 96th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 271 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

271 yea121 nay42 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right

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Democrats who voted yea(193)

Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
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. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
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. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
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. George DanielsonD-CA-30
Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
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. 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. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
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. 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. 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. 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. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-4
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
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. William CotterD-CT-1
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-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. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Adam BenjaminD-IN-1
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. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Allen ErtelD-PA-17
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD-1
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-2
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Joseph WyattD-TX-14
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Billy EvansD-GA-8
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Eugene AtkinsonD-PA-25
Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
Rep. Phil GrammD-TX-6
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5

Republicans who voted yea(78)

Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
Rep. Charles DoughertyR-PA-4
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
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. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. William RoyerR-CA-11
Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
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. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-15
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-13
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Jon HinsonR-MS-4
Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Wayne GrishamR-CA-33
Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-18
Rep. Dan QuayleR-IN-4
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-34
Rep. James JeffriesR-KS-2
Rep. Daniel CraneR-IL-22
Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-22

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 84 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 · discharged from, referred to

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Timeline

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

Oct 23, 1979Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-90.
Oct 12, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
Oct 11, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
Oct 10, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, in lieu of S. 947.
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Judiciary Committee
Apr 26, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Apr 24, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #94 (269-121).House roll call 94
Mar 20, 1979FloorFloor · Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of rules, roll call #42 (270-140).House roll call 42
FloorFloor · Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of rules, roll call #42 (270-140).House roll call 42
Mar 19, 1979FloorFloor · Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Mar 15, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Judiciary Committee
Jan 23, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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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.