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Senate Roll Call 455, 103rd Congress · March 16, 1994

A bill to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance manufacturing technology development and transfer, to authorize appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes. — H.R.820 BY VALENTINE (D-NC) -- NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 1994 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND EXTENSION ACT OF 1994 WIND ENGINEERING PROGRAM ACT OF 1994 ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1994 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS PROGRAM ACT OF 1994 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1994 LOCAL EMPOWERMENT AND FLEXIBILITY ACT OF 1994 HEROIC EFFORTS TO RESCUE OTHERS ACT ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT ACT (SENATE PASSED H.R. 820, TO AMEND THE STEVENSON-WYDLER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ACT OF 1980 TO ENHANCE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER, AND TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, AS AMENDED.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

59 yea · 40 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 3 nay
Republican7 yea · 37 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 820

National Competitiveness Act of 1994

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Passing the bill authorizes federal spending for technology and manufacturing programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (59)

Nay (40)

Not voting or present (1)

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