House Roll Call 315, 104th Congress · May 11, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE PALLONE AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS TO THE CLEAN WATER ACT; TARGET REPEAT OFFENDERS BY INCREASING PENALTIES AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES THAT REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THEIR PERMITS; TO AUTHORIZE CITIZENS TO SUE FOR VIOLATIONS AND PROHIBIT THE USE OF STATE ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENTS AS A MEANS OF PRECLUDING CITIZEN SUITS AND ALLOW COURTS TO USE THE PROCEEDS OF SETTLEMENTS AND PENALTIES AGAINST POLLUTERS TO BE TARGETED FOR USE IN MITIGATION PROJECTS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

106 yea · 299 nayFailed29 not voting or present

Democrat99 yea · 80 nay

Republican6 yea · 219 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(0.90): Establishes mandatory minimum penalties and stronger citizen suit provisions against water polluters.
Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection
Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority
Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”
model(0.85): Establishes mandatory minimum penalties and increased punitive sanctions for offenders.
Tagged by: keyword:mandatory minimum
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 (106)

Nay (299)

Not voting or present (29)

Neil AbercrombieDid not vote
Joe BartonDid not vote
Sonny BonoDid not vote
Frederick C. BoucherDid not vote
Barbara-Rose CollinsDid not vote
Cardiss CollinsDid not vote
Norman D. DicksDid not vote
Jennifer B. DunnDid not vote
Chaka FattahDid not vote
Dan FrisaDid not vote
Melton D. HancockDid not vote
Gerald D. KleczkaDid not vote
William J. MartiniDid not vote
Carrie MeekDid not vote
George MillerDid not vote
Patsy Takemoto MinkDid not vote
John Joseph MoakleyDid not vote
James Allen NussleDid not vote
Solomon P. OrtizDid not vote
Ed PastorDid not vote
Douglas Brian PetersonDid not vote
Charles B. RangelDid not vote
William Blaine RichardsonDid not vote
Harold RogersDid not vote
Charles E. SchumerDid not vote
John S. TannerDid not vote
Esteban Edward TorresDid not vote
J.C. WattsDid not vote
C. W. Bill YoungDid not vote

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