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Senate Roll Call 892, 104th Congress · September 10, 1996

An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. — H.R.3230 BY SPENCE (R-SC) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 MILITARY FORCE STRUCTURE REVIEW ACT OF 1996 NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY ACT OF 1996 RESERVE FORCES REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1996 DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ACT OF 1996 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY ACT OF 1996 FEDERAL EMPLOYEE TRAVEL REFORM ACT OF 1996 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 FORT CARSON-PINON CANYON MILITARY LANDS WITHDRAWAL ACT EL CENTRO NAVAL AIR FACILITY RANGES WITHDRAWAL ACT WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT LAND WITHDRAWAL AMENDMENT ACT PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 PANAMA CANAL ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1996 (PUB.L. 104-201, APPROVED 9/23/96) (SENATE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3230, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report

73 yea · 26 nayConference Report Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat22 yea · 24 nay
Republican49 yea · 2 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3230

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizes defense spending and military operations.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizes federal budget expenditures for national defense.

    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 (73)

Nay (26)

Not voting or present (1)

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