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House Roll Call 310, 104th Congress · May 11, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE COLLINS OF MICHIGAN EN BLOC AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REQUIRE THE EPA TO CONSIDER THE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF DIVERSE SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION WHEN SETTING WATER QUALITY CRITERIA; TO POST WARNING SIGNS, PROPOSE AND ISSUE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING MINIMUM UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR WATERS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY VIOLATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS OR ARE SUBJECT TO A FISHING OR SHELLFISH BAN, ADVISORY, OR CONSUMPTION RESTRICTION DUE TO CONTAMINATION; ESTABLISH WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF ENACTMENT, UNIFORM AND SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR FISH AND SHELLFISH SAMPLING, MONITORING OF NAVIGABLE WATERS THAT DO NOT MEET APPLICABLE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS OR ARE SUBJECT TO FISHING BANS ADVISORIES, OR CONSUMPTION RESTRICTIONS; REVIEW FACILITY DISCHARGE PERMIT APPLICATIONS SO AS TO IDENTIFY AND REDUCE POLLUTION HAVING A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH AND ADVERSE IMPACT ON MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS; AND COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA ON SOURCES OF POLLUTION TO WHICH MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS ARE EXPOSED, AND ON POLLUTANT DISCHARGES IN WATERS WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO AND OR USED BY MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On agreeing to the amendments en bloc

153 yea · 271 nayFailed10 not voting or present
Democrat149 yea · 44 nay
Republican3 yea · 227 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 961

Clean Water Amendments of 1995

Policy area: Environmental Protection — 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.

  • Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Climate action”

    model(0.85): Strengthens EPA monitoring, regulations, and protections against water pollution in vulnerable areas.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (153)

Nay (271)

Not voting or present (10)

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