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A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.
Public Law 97-148 · H.J.Res. 391 · 97th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Feb 22, 1982 · Labor and Employment
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 398 yea, 3 nay398–3
- SenateRecorded vote: 95 yea, 0 nay95–0
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.
Makes a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for FY 1982 for: (1) grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services; and (2) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 97th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 400 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
400 yea3 nay31 present or did not vote
Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative
Democrats who voted yea(225)
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
- Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
- Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
- Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19- Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
- Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
- Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
- Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
- Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
- Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-21
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9- Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
- Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
- Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
- Rep. Harold WashingtonD-IL-1
- Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7- Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
- Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
- Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
- Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
- Rep. Toby MoffettD-CT-6
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2- Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4- Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
- Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
- Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
- Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-16- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
- Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-4
- Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-15
- Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3- Rep. Raymond KogovsekD-CO-3
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7- Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Donald BaileyD-PA-21
- Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
- Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
- Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
- Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
- Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- Rep. Joseph SmithD-PA-3
- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
- Rep. James MattoxD-TX-5
- Rep. Adam BenjaminD-IN-1
- Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3- Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
- Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
- Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
- Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
- Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
- Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
- Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
- Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-22
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
- Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
- Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
- Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
- Rep. Robert ShamanskyD-OH-12
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
- Rep. Cecil HeftelD-HI-1
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
- Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Allen ErtelD-PA-17
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD-1
- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
- Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
- Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
- Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
- Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
- Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
- Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
- Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
- Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
- Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
- Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-11
- Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
- Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-2
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
- Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
- Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-9- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
- Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. William PatmanD-TX-14
- Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
- Rep. Billy EvansD-GA-8
- Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
- Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
- Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
- Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4- Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
- Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
- Rep. Andy IrelandD-FL-8
Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
- Rep. Buddy RoemerD-LA-4
- Rep. Phil GrammD-TX-6
- Rep. Robert StumpD-AZ-3
Republicans who voted yea(174)
- Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
- Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Rep. Lawrence DeNardisR-CT-3
- Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Charles DoughertyR-PA-4
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Lyle WilliamsR-OH-19
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Eugene AtkinsonR-PA-25
- Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
- Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
- Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2- Rep. Huey DeckardR-IN-8
- Rep. James NelliganR-PA-11
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
- Rep. Arlen ErdahlR-MN-1
- Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
- Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
- Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
- Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
- Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
- Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-17
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. John NapierR-SC-6
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-7
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
- Rep. James DunnR-MI-6
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5- Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
- Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
- Rep. James CourterR-NJ-13
- Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
- Rep. James CoyneR-PA-8
- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Paul TribleR-VA-1
- Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
- Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
- Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
- Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
- Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
- Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
- Rep. Edward WeberR-OH-9
- Rep. George WortleyR-NY-32
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
- Rep. David MartinR-NY-30
- Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
- Rep. Cleveland BenedictR-WV-2
- Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
- Rep. Edwin BethuneR-AR-2
- Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Thomas EvansR-IA-3
- Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
- Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
- Rep. Carroll CampbellR-SC-4
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
- Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
- Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
- Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
- Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
- Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6- Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-12
- Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
- Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-15
- Rep. David StatonR-WV-3
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-42- Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5- Rep. Gregory CarmanR-NY-3
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
- Rep. Gary LeeR-NY-33
- Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
- Rep. Eugene ChappieR-CA-1
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. John LeBoutillierR-NY-6
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1- Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
- Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
- Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-18
- Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
- Rep. Eldon RuddR-AZ-4
- Rep. William HendonR-NC-11
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-37
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
- Rep. Mark SiljanderR-MI-4
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
- Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
- Rep. Clint RobertsR-SD-2
Rep. Judd GreggR-NH-2- Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
- Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. Wayne GrishamR-CA-33
- Rep. John WeberR-MN-6
- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
- Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9- Rep. Albert SmithR-AL-6
- Rep. Wendell BaileyR-MO-8
- Rep. Thomas HartnettR-SC-1
- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-10
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
- Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-34- Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
- Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-29
- Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
- Rep. Hank BrownR-CO-4
- Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
- Rep. John RousselotR-CA-26
- Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
- Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
- Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
- Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
Rep. David DreierR-CA-35- Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. Walter JohnstonR-NC-6
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 358 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. 1 yea vote was cast by members of neither major party and is highlighted on the compass but not listed. 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.
Appropriations Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
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. 14 actions.
- Feb 22, 1982Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-148.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Feb 11, 1982PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Feb 10, 1982FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-0. Record Vote No: 8.Senate roll call 8
- Feb 9, 1982FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 398 - 3 (Record Vote No: 6).House roll call 6
- FloorFloor · Rule Passed House.
- Feb 4, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee
- Feb 2, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee
- Jan 29, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the 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.