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Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Authorization Act of 1983

Public Law 98-236 · H.R. 2173 · 98th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Mar 20, 1984 · Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. William Hughes (D-NJ-2)

Cosponsors (1): Rep. Harold Sawyer

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 275 yea, 8 nay275–8
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.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Authorization Act of 1983 - Amends the Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Act of 1978 to extend through FY 1986 the authorization of appropriations for contracts with public or private agencies for the supervision of released drug offenders.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 98th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 276 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

276 yea8 nay148 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(169)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-20
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Katie HallD-IN-1
Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Frank HarrisonD-PA-11
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-6
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Charles BrittD-NC-6
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. William PatmanD-TX-14
Rep. Tommy VandergriffD-TX-26
Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
Rep. Andy IrelandD-FL-10
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Buddy RoemerD-LA-4

Republicans who voted yea(107)

Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Thomas EvansR-IA-3
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Edwin BethuneR-AR-2
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-31
Rep. Edwin ZschauR-CA-12
Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-13
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-13
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-14
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Eugene ChappieR-CA-2
Rep. Mark SiljanderR-MI-4
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-30
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Connie MackR-FL-13
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-42
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 85 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 · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Crime Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 16 actions.

Mar 20, 1984Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-236.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Mar 14, 1984PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Mar 8, 1984FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Sep 30, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Judiciary Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Judiciary Committee
May 11, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
May 9, 1983FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 275 - 8 (Record Vote No: 91).House roll call 91
May 4, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Judiciary Committee
Apr 26, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Judiciary Committee
Mar 24, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
Mar 18, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
Mar 17, 1983CommitteeCommittee · 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.