A joint resolution relating to the proposed sales of arms to Jordan.
Public Law 99-162 · S.J.Res. 228 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Nov 25, 1985 · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS)
Cosponsors (38): Sen. Robert Byrd, Sen. Richard Lugar,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateRecorded vote: 97 yea, 1 nay97–1
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.
Declares that no letter of offer, prior to March 1, 1986, shall be valid with respect to any proposed sales to Jordan of advanced weapons systems, including advanced aircraft and advanced air defense systems, that are described in the notification pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, unless direct peace negotiations between Israel and Jordan are underway.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 99th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 97 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
97 yea1 nay2 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(45)
Sen. Tom HarkinD-IA- Sen. William ProxmireD-WI
- Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
- Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
- Sen. John MelcherD-MT
- Sen. Gary HartD-CO
- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
- Sen. Paul SimonD-IL
- Sen. Donald RiegleD-MI
Sen. Carl LevinD-MI
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI- Sen. James SasserD-TN
- Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
Sen. John KerryD-MA- Sen. Spark MatsunagaD-HI
Sen. Max BaucusD-MT- Sen. Albert GoreD-TN
- Sen. Thomas EagletonD-MO
Sen. Frank LautenbergD-NJ
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE- Sen. George MitchellD-ME
- Sen. David PryorD-AR
Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV- Sen. James ExonD-NE
- Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
- Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
- Sen. John GlennD-OH
Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM- Sen. Dennis DeConciniD-AZ
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. Lawton ChilesD-FL
- Sen. Alan DixonD-IL
- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. David BorenD-OK
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
- Sen. John StennisD-MS
- Sen. Edward ZorinskyD-NE
- Sen. Howell HeflinD-AL
- Sen. Russell LongD-LA
Republicans who voted yea(52)
- Sen. Charles MathiasR-MD
Sen. Arlen SpecterR-PA- Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
- Sen. Mark AndrewsR-ND
- Sen. Henry HeinzR-PA
- Sen. Alfonse D’AmatoR-NY
- Sen. William CohenR-ME
Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. John ChafeeR-RI
- Sen. Robert KastenR-WI
- Sen. David DurenbergerR-MN
- Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
- Sen. James AbdnorR-SD
- Sen. Larry PresslerR-SD
- Sen. John DanforthR-MO
- Sen. Paula HawkinsR-FL
- Sen. Nancy KassebaumR-KS
- Sen. Slade GortonR-WA
- Sen. Daniel EvansR-WA
Sen. John WarnerR-VA- Sen. Frank MurkowskiR-AK
- Sen. Paul TribleR-VA
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK- Sen. Mack MattinglyR-GA
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY- Sen. Don NicklesR-OK
Sen. Thad CochranR-MS- Sen. Rudy BoschwitzR-MN
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
Sen. Richard LugarR-IN- Sen. Pete WilsonR-CA
- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
- Sen. William RothR-DE
- Sen. Warren RudmanR-NH
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
- Sen. Alan SimpsonR-WY
- Sen. Jeremiah DentonR-AL
Sen. Orrin HatchR-UT- Sen. Dan QuayleR-IN
- Sen. Paul LaxaltR-NV
- Sen. Jake GarnR-UT
- Sen. William ArmstrongR-CO
- Sen. Phil GrammR-TX
- Sen. Jacob HechtR-NV
- Sen. James McClureR-ID
- Sen. Barry GoldwaterR-AZ
- Sen. John EastR-NC
- Sen. Steven SymmsR-ID
- Sen. Gordon HumphreyR-NH
- Sen. Malcolm WallopR-WY
- Sen. Jesse HelmsR-NC
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 250 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 to, reported bySubcommittee: Arms Control, International Security and Science Subcommittee; Europe and the Middle East 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.
- Nov 25, 1985Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-162.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 13, 1985PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Nov 12, 1985FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Nov 7, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Foreign Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Arms Control, International Security and Science Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Oct 30, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Arms Control, International Security and Science Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Oct 28, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Oct 24, 1985FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97-1. Record Vote No: 250.Senate roll call 250
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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.