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House Roll Call 550, 105th Congress · October 30, 1997

Nuclear Waste Policy Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE MARKEY MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT SPECIFIES THAT CONTRACTORS TRANSPORTING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL OR HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE UNDER ANY SUCH CONTRACT SHALL NOT BE INDEMNIFIED UNDER SECTION 170D OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 FOR ANY LIABILITY RESULTING FROM NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH TRANSPORTATION. .)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

142 yea · 283 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat130 yea · 70 nay
Republican11 yea · 213 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1270 ↗

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997

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 & EnergyDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Concerns liability and indemnification for transport contractors, not climate action or fossil fuels.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (142)

Nay (283)

Not voting or present (7)

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