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A bill to authorize the construction by the Secretary of Agriculture of a salinity laboratory at Riverside, California.

Public Law 99-594 · H.R. 5215 · 99th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 31, 1986 · Agriculture and Food

Sponsor: Rep. George Brown (D-CA-36)

Cosponsors (2): Rep. Jerry Lewis, Rep. Alfred McCandless

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 326 yea, 85 nay326–85
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.

Authorizes appropriations for the construction, by the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Agricultural Research Service, of a salinity laboratory at Riverside, California. Allows moneys appropriated under this Act to remain available without fiscal year limitation.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 99th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 327 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

327 yea85 nay20 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right

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Democrats who voted yea(233)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
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. 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. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
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. 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. 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. 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. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
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. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
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. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
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. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
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. 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. 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. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
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. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
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. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(94)

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. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
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. George WortleyR-NY-27
Rep. Joseph DioGuardiR-NY-20
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. John McKernanR-ME-1
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. 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. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
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. Jack KempR-NY-31
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Thomas EvansR-IA-3
Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
Rep. Bill SchuetteR-MI-10
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Edwin ZschauR-CA-12
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Eldon BoulterR-TX-13
Rep. Eugene ChappieR-CA-2
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-42
Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 840 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.

Agriculture Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Senate · discharged from, referred to

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.

Oct 31, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-594.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Oct 23, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Oct 18, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Oct 10, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Oct 7, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 326 - 85 (Record Vote No: 436).House roll call 436
Oct 3, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Agriculture Committee
Oct 2, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Agriculture Committee
Sep 24, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
Jul 28, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
Jul 22, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Agriculture Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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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.