A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.
Public Law 99-434 · H.J.Res. 743 · 99th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 1, 1986 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 315 yea, 101 nay315–101
- 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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for programs, projects, or activities for which funds or authority would be available in the following Acts as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate: (1) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1987; (2) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (3) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (4) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987; and (5) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987. Sets forth rules governing the applicability of amounts, authorities, and other provisions where there are differences between House and Senate versions of such Acts. Appropriates amounts as provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of any such Act, whenever it is filed in the House, in lieu of amounts specified in this Act.
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for programs, projects, and activities as provided for in: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1987, the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, and the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1987, as such Acts were passed by the House; (2) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987, and the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1987, which Acts shall be deemed to have been passed by the House as provided for in H.J. Res. 738 as passed by the House; and (3) the conference report and explanatory statement filed in the House for the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987. Requires that any program, project, or activity provided for in such an Act passed by only the House be continued at the lower of the rate of operations permitted by the House action or the current rate.
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for the following activities which were conducted in FY 1986, at current rates: (1) refugee and entrant assistance activities; and (2) activities authorized by the Follow Through Act.
Provides that funds and authority provided by this Act shall remain available from the start of FY 1987, until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) October 8, 1986.
Prohibits the use of any appropriations or authority provided under this Act for any project or activity for which funds or authority were not available during FY 1986.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 99th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 316 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
316 yea102 nay14 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(228)
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- 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. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- 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. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9- 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. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
- Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Alton WaldonD-NY-6
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. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1- 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. James ScheuerD-NY-8
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. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
- 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. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
- 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. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3- Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
- Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
- Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-22
- Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Catherine LongD-LA-8
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. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
- 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. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
- 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. Mario BiaggiD-NY-19
- 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. Robert WiseD-WV-3
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
- Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
- Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
- Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
- Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
- Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
- Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
- Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20- Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
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. Philip SharpD-IN-2
- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
- Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
- 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. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Tommy RobinsonD-AR-2
- Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
- Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- 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. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Republicans who voted yea(88)
- Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
- Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
- 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. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
- 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. Joseph DioGuardiR-NY-20
- Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
- 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. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13- Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
- Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. Jack KempR-NY-31
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
- Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
- Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
- Rep. Bill SchuetteR-MI-10
- Rep. William HendonR-NC-11
- Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
- Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
- Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
- Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
- Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
- Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
- Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
- Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5- Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
- Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 830 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.
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. 9 actions.
- Oct 1, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-434.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 30, 1986FloorFloor · Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 315 - 101 (Record Vote No: 426).House roll call 426
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Appropriations Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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.