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House Roll Call 213, 105th Congress · June 19, 1997

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SPENCE AMENDMENT THAT INCORPORATES PORTIONS OF H.R. 1778, THE DEFENSE REFORM ACT, WITH PROVISIONS THAT DIRECT VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL, MANAGEMENT, AND BUSINESS PRACTICES REFORMS; STREAMLINE ACQUISITION PROCEDURES; REDUCE HEADQUARTERS STAFFS BY 25 PERCENT; REDUCE PERSONNEL EMPLOYED IN ACQUISITION AND TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; MANDATE THAT CERTAIN COMMERCIAL FUNCTIONS INCLUDING FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES BE COMPETITIVELY PROCURED; AND AUTHORIZE THE NAVY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR LONG-TERM LEASE OR CHARTER OF NEWLY BUILT AUXILIARY SUPPORT VESSELS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

405 yea · 14 nayAgreed to15 not voting or present
Democrat183 yea · 10 nay
Republican221 yea · 4 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1119 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.70) Management and acquisition reforms in DOD do not clearly expand or restrain military power.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (405)

Nay (14)

Not voting or present (15)

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