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A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and for other purposes.

Public Law 99-491 · H.J.Res. 753 · 99th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 16, 1986 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 260 yea, 97 nay260–97
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.

Extends the deadline for availability of certain continuing appropriations for FY 1987 until October 16, 1986.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 99th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 261 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

261 yea97 nay74 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(190)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
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. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
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. 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. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
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. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
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. 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. 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. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-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. Kenneth GrayD-IL-22
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
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. 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. 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. Mario BiaggiD-NY-19
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
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. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD
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. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
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. 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. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
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. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
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. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4

Republicans who voted yea(71)

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. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
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. John McKernanR-ME-1
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
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. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. Bill SchuetteR-MI-10
Rep. William HendonR-NC-11
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. Fred EckertR-NY-30
Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Eldon BoulterR-TX-13
Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 880 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.

Appropriations Committee · House · discharged from, referred to

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 9 actions.

Oct 16, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-491.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
FloorFloor · Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
Oct 15, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 260 - 97 (Record Vote No: 477).House roll call 477
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.

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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.