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A bill to make certain technical corrections to amendments made by the Food Security Act of 1985, and for other purposes.

Public Law 99-253 · S. 2036 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Feb 28, 1986 · Agriculture and Food

Sponsor: Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS)

Cosponsors (12): Sen. David Pryor, Sen. David Boren,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 319 yea, 64 nay319–64
SenateVoice vote

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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 #14 (319-64))

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture (current law directs the Secretary) to require cross compliance for the 1986 through 1990 wheat and feed grain crops. Defines "cross compliance" as the conditioning of price support payment eligibility for a certain crop for which an acreage limitation program is in effect upon the producer's limiting his planted acreage for any other crop also subject to acreage limitations to the acreage base for that other crop.

Provides for a five-year period for determining wheat and feed grain crop acreage bases.

Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to permit more than one local agricultural stabilization and conservation committee per administrative area in counties having three or more local committees as of the date of enactment of the Food Security Act of 1985.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 99th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 323 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

323 yea64 nay47 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(212)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-6
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-34
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Cecil HeftelD-HI-1
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Tommy RobinsonD-AR-2
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. Buddy RoemerD-LA-4
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(111)

Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. George WortleyR-NY-27
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. John McKernanR-ME-1
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. John RowlandR-CT-5
Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. John McCainR-AZ-1
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Thomas EvansR-IA-3
Rep. Bill SchuetteR-MI-10
Rep. William HendonR-NC-11
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Carroll CampbellR-SC-4
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. Eldon RuddR-AZ-4
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. Fred EckertR-NY-30
Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Mark SiljanderR-MI-4
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Eldon BoulterR-TX-13
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Michael StrangR-CO-3
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Thomas HartnettR-SC-1
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1
Rep. Patrick SwindallR-GA-4
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Hank BrownR-CO-4
Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-5
Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 450 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

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 7 actions.

Feb 28, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-253.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Feb 19, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Feb 7, 1986Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Feb 4, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 319 - 64 (Record Vote No: 14).House roll call 14
Jan 30, 1986FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
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.