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Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act of 1983

Public Law 98-43 · S. 639 · 98th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Jun 27, 1983 · International Affairs

Sponsor: Sen. Charles Percy (R-IL)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 276 yea, 76 nay276–76
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 #153 (276-76))

Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act of 1983 - Authorizes additional appropriations for economic assistance to Lebanon for FY 1983.

Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1983 military assistance to Lebanon and for FY 1983 loan guarantees for arms sales to Lebanon.

Directs the President to obtain statutory authorization from the Congress for any substantial expansion in the number or role of U.S. armed forces in Lebanon or for the creation of a new multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 98th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 285 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

285 yea77 nay70 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right

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Democrats who voted yea(194)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
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. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-20
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Katie HallD-IN-1
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
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. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Geraldine FerraroD-NY-9
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
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. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
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. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Raymond KogovsekD-CO-3
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. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-19
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. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-34
Rep. James McNultyD-AZ-5
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. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
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. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-6
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
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. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Charles BrittD-NC-6
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Tommy VandergriffD-TX-26
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5

Republicans who voted yea(91)

Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Lyle WilliamsR-OH-17
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
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. John McKernanR-ME-1
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-4
Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
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. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
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. Carroll CampbellR-SC-4
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
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. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
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. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-14
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Judd GreggR-NH-2
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-30
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-42
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Thomas HartnettR-SC-1
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 145 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.

Foreign Relations Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 11 actions.

Jun 27, 1983Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-43.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Jun 16, 1983PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Jun 15, 1983Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate concurred in the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Jun 2, 1983FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 276 - 76 (Record Vote No: 153).House roll call 153
May 20, 1983FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
May 5, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Apr 28, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mar 2, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mar 1, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Foreign Relations 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.