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House Roll Call 736, 103rd Congress · April 21, 1994

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE FRANKS OF NEW JERSEY AMENDMENT, AS MODIFIED, THAT REQUIRES FEDERAL PRISONERS WHO DO NOT POSSESS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT TO EARN A GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) CERTIFICATE BEFORE THEY CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY (GOOD BEHAVIOR CREDIT) RELEASE FROM PRISON; AND THAT ANY EXEMPTIONS FROM THIS GED REQUIREMENT BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

345 yea · 79 nayAgreed to8 not voting or present
Democrat170 yea · 79 nay
Republican177 yea · 2 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4092 ↗

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Restricts eligibility for early release credits by adding mandatory requirements.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (347)

Nay (82)

Not voting or present (8)

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