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House Roll Call 730, 102nd Congress · July 24, 1992

H.R.4312 BY SERRANO (D-NY) -- VOTING RIGHTS LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1992 (PUB. L. 102-344, APPROVED 8/26/92) (HOUSE REJECTED MCCOLLUM AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO EXTEND FOR 5 YEARS (RATHER THAN FOR 15 YEARS) THE REQUIREMENTS THAT COUNTIES WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PROVIDE BILINGUAL ASSISTANCE IN REGISTERING AND VOTING; TO STRIKE PROVISIONS THAT EXPAND THE NUMBER OF COUNTIES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE BILINGUAL VOTING ASSISTANCE; AND TO STRIKE PROVISIONS THAT APPLY TO TRIGGER TO INDIAN RESERVATIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

142 yea · 233 nayFailed59 not voting or present
Democrat26 yea · 197 nay
Republican115 yea · 34 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4312

Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): A yes vote restricts proposed expansions of bilingual voting assistance.

    Tagged by: keyword:voting rights

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (142)

Nay (233)

Not voting or present (59)

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