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A joint resolution with regard to Presidential certifications on conditions in El Salvador.
Public Law 97-233 · H.J.Res. 494 · 97th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Aug 10, 1982 · International Affairs
Sponsor: Rep. Gerry Studds (D-MA-12)
Cosponsors (12): Rep. Michael Barnes, Rep. Stephen Solarz,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 399 yea, 1 nay399–1
- SenateRecorded vote: 95 yea, 2 nay95–2
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.
(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #181 (399-1))
Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 to add to the actions of the Government of El Salvador that the President must certify to Congress in the second presidential certification to Congress on conditions in El Salvador. Directs the President to certify that El Salvador: (1) has made good faith efforts since the first presidential certification to investigate the murders of six U.S. citizens; and (2) has taken all reasonable steps to investigate the disappearance of journalist John Sullivan in January, 1981.
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 yea1 nay32 present or did not vote
Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative
Democrats who voted yea(218)
- 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. Gus SavageD-IL-2
- Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
- Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
- 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. 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. Robert GarciaD-NY-21
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
- 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. 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. John WilliamsD-MT-1
- Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
- Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
- 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. Geraldine FerraroD-NY-9
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Donald BaileyD-PA-21
- Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- 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. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
- 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. James WeaverD-OR-4
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3- Rep. Peter PeyserD-NY-23
- 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. Tom LantosD-CA-11
- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
- Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- 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. 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. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
- Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
- Rep. Robert ShamanskyD-OH-12
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- 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. 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. William BonerD-TN-5
- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- 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. Charles WilsonD-TX-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. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
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. James SantiniD-NV
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4- 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
- Rep. Lawrence McDonaldD-GA-7
Republicans who voted yea(182)
- 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. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- 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. Carl PursellR-MI-2
- 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. 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. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
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. 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. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
- 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. 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. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- 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. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
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. Robert DornanR-CA-27
- 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. Richard CheneyR-WY
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. 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. 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. James JeffriesR-KS-2
- Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. Jean AshbrookR-OH-17
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
- Rep. Daniel CraneR-IL-22
- Rep. Walter JohnstonR-NC-6
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 525 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.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Foreign Affairs Committee · House · markup by, referred toSubcommittee: Western Hemisphere 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. 15 actions.
- Aug 10, 1982Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-233.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jul 29, 1982PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jul 27, 1982FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-2. Record Vote No: 258.Senate roll call 258
- Jul 20, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Jul 15, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Jul 13, 1982FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 399 - 1 (Record Vote No: 181).House roll call 181
- Jul 12, 1982FloorFloor · Considered by House Unfinished Business Vote Postponed until July 13, 1982.
- Jun 22, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Jun 2, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- May 28, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- May 25, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Foreign Affairs 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.