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House Roll Call 741, 105th Congress · April 29, 1998

Prohibit Federal Funds for Needle Distribution Programs — H.R.3717 BY SOLOMON (R-NY) -- PROHIBITING FEDERAL FUNDING OF NEEDLES OR SYRINGES, PROVISION (HOUSE REJECTED THE PELOSI MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO ALLOW THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEEDLES OR SYRINGES FOR THE HYPODERMIC INJECTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS WHEN A GOVERNOR, STATE HEALTH OFFICER, OR LOCAL MUNICIPAL HEALTH AUTHORITY DETERMINES THAT SUCH A PROGRAM WOULD REDUCE THE RATE OF TRANSMISSION OF HIV, NOT ENCOURAGE USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

149 yea · 277 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat140 yea · 60 nay
Republican8 yea · 217 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3717 ↗

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the distribution of needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of illegal drugs.

Policy area: Health — 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.85): Recommit instructions sought to allow federal funding for needle distribution programs.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (149)

Nay (277)

Not voting or present (7)

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