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A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend certain authorities relating to the international energy program.
Public Law 97-5 · H.R. 2166 · 97th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Mar 13, 1981 · Energy
Sponsor: Rep. Philip Sharp (D-IN-10)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Clarence Brown
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 373 yea, 0 nay373–0
- SenateVoice vote
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 #15 (373-0))
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend from March 15, 1981, to September 30, 1981: (1) the authority for oil companies to carry out voluntary agreements for implementing the allocation and information provisions of the international energy program; and (2) the antitrust exemption for oil companies participating in such program.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 97th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 374 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
374 yea0 nay58 present or did not vote
Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative
Democrats who voted yea(208)
- 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. William CotterD-CT-1
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. 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. George BrownD-CA-36
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
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. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7- Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
- Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
- 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. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2- Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
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. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- 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. Donald BaileyD-PA-21
- Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- 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. 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. 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. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- 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. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
- Rep. William ChappellD-FL-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. Ralph HallD-TX-4- Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
- 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(166)
- Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Rep. Lawrence DeNardisR-CT-3
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
- Rep. Charles DoughertyR-PA-4
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- 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. Huey DeckardR-IN-8
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
- 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. 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. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4- Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
- Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-27
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. 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. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-34- Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1- 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. James JeffriesR-KS-2
- Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. Daniel CraneR-IL-22
- Rep. Walter JohnstonR-NC-6
Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-22
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 11 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials 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. 13 actions.
- Mar 13, 1981Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-5.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Mar 12, 1981PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Mar 10, 1981FloorFloor · Passed Senate in lieu of S. 573 without amendment by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 373 - 0 (Record Vote No: 15).House roll call 15
- Mar 6, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Mar 4, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Feb 26, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Feb 25, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce 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.