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House Roll Call 231, 105th Congress · June 24, 1997

H.R.1119 BY SPENCE (R-SC) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 SIKES ACT IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1997 (HOUSE REJECTED THE HILLEARY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO THE BUYER AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT FUNDING FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF GROUND FORCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1997; ALLOW AN EXTENSION OF UP TO 180 DAYS BY THE PRESIDENT IF HE TRANSMITS A REPORT TO THE CONGRESS REQUESTING AN EXTENSION AND A JOINT RESOLUTION IS THEN ENACTED SPECIFICALLY APPROVING THE REQUEST; PROHIBIT FUNDING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AFTER ENACTMENT; AND REQUIRE A PRESIDENTIAL REPORT ON THE DEPLOYMENT ON THE GROUND OF U.S. FORCES NOT LATER THAN OCTOBER 31, 1997.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

196 yea · 231 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat20 yea · 181 nay
Republican175 yea · 50 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”

    model(0.90): Prohibiting funding for ground force deployments in Bosnia restricts overseas military engagement.

    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 (196)

Nay (231)

Not voting or present (7)

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