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An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, and for other purposes.

Public Law 98-36 · S. 653 · 98th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on May 27, 1983 · Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Sen. Scoop Jackson (D-WA)

Cosponsors (6): Sen. John Tower, Sen. Strom Thurmond,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 295 yea, 0 nay295–0
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.

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Summary

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

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #93 (295-0))

Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Act of 1983 - Authorizes the establishment of the Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, a nonprofit corporation, to: (1) carry out medical research and education projects under cooperative arrangements with the Uniformed Services University of Health Science (University); (2) serve as a focus for the interchange between military and civilian medical personnel; and (3) encourage the participation of medical, dental, nursing, veterinary, and other biomedical sciences in the work of the Foundation for the mutual benefit of military and civilian medicine.

States that the Foundation shall not for any purpose be an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government.

Directs the Council of Directors of the Foundation to report to the President annually on the operations of the Foundation.

Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University to contract with the Foundation for cooperative enterprises in medical research, consultation and education subject to specified restrictions. Requires the Board to notify the Armed Services Committees at least 15 days before it enters into agreements for certain facilities or services. Prohibits the Board from contracting with the Foundation if the contract would obligate the University to make outlays before enactment of appropriate budget authority.

Deems any Foundation scholar or other person providing volunteer services to the University a Federal employee for purposes of workers' compensation or tort claims.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 98th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 296 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

296 yea0 nay136 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(181)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
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. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
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. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
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. Paul SimonD-IL-22
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. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
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. James McNultyD-AZ-5
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. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
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. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
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
Rep. Lawrence McDonaldD-GA-7

Republicans who voted yea(115)

Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
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. 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. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
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. Hank BrownR-CO-4
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. Thomas HartnettR-SC-1
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3
Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-22

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 87 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.

Armed Services Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Military Personnel Subcommittee
Armed Services Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Force Requirements and Personnel Subcommittee

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Timeline

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

May 27, 1983Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-36.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
May 17, 1983PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
May 12, 1983Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments. By Voice Vote.
May 9, 1983FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 295 - 0 (Record Vote No: 93).House roll call 93
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Armed Services Committee
Apr 7, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee
Apr 5, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Armed Services Committee
Mar 23, 1983FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Mar 22, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Armed Services Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Armed Services Committee
Mar 15, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Force Requirements and Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Force Requirements and Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Mar 2, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Armed Services Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate

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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.