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House Roll Call 414, 105th Congress · September 23, 1997

Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration — H.R.1683 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- JACOB WETTERLING CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDERS REGISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1683, AMENDED, TO CLARIFY THE STANDARDS FOR STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION PROGRAMS UNDER THE JACOB WETTERLING CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT.)

Question before the chamber: Suspend the rules and pass, as amended

415 yea · 2 nayPassed16 not voting or present
Democrat190 yea · 2 nay
Republican224 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1683 ↗

Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offenders Registration Improvements Act of 1997

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Strengthens and clarifies standards for sex offender registration.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    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 (415)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (16)

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