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House Roll Call 1297, 104th Congress · September 25, 1996

Immigration Act of 1995 — H.R.2202 BY SMITH, LAMAR (R-TX) -- IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996 USE OF ASSISTED HOUSING BY ALIENS ACT OF 1996 (HOUSE REJECTED THE BRYANT OF TEXAS MOTION THAT SOUGHT TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE TO TAKE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: RECEDE TO AND INCLUDE SECTION 105 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT, RELATING TO INCREASED PERSONNEL LEVELS FOR THE LABOR DEPARTMENT; RECEDE TO AND INCLUDE SECTION 120A OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT, RELATING TO SUBPOENA AUTHORITY FOR CASES OF UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS OR DOCUMENT FRAUD; RECEDE TO AND INCLUDE SECTION 119 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT, RELATING TO ENHANCED CIVIL PENALTIES IF LABOR STANDARDS VIOLATIONS ARE PRESENT; DISAGREE TO AND DELETE SECTION 421, RELATING TO TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTARY PRACTICES AS UNFAIR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, AND INSIST, IN ITS PLACE, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 407(B), RELATING TO TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTARY PRACTICE AS EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, OF H.R. 2202, AS PASSED THE HOUSE; DISAGREE TO AND DELETE SECTION 633, RELATING TO AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE VISA PROCESSING PROCEDURES; INSIST THAT THE PHRASE "WHICH MAY NOT INCLUDE TREATMENT FOR HIV INFECTION OR ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME" BE DELETED EACH PLACE IT APPEARS IN SECTIONS 501(B)(4) AND 552(D)(2)(D) AND IN THE SECTION 213A(C)(2)(C) OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS PROPOSED TO BE INSERTED BY SECTION 551(A) OF THE CONFERENCE SUBSTITUTE; DISAGREE TO AND DELETE SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION 102, RELATING TO WAIVERS OF CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.)

Question before the chamber: Recommit conference report with instructions

179 yea · 247 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat169 yea · 22 nay
Republican9 yea · 225 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2202

Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996

Policy area: Immigration — 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.

  • ImmigrationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.70) The text provided is truncated and the instruction on labor enforcement is ambiguous on immigration.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (179)

Nay (247)

Not voting or present (7)

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