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House Roll Call 906, 105th Congress · July 15, 1998

Child Custody Protection Act — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3682, TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROHIBIT TAKING MINORS ACROSS STATE LINES TO AVOID LAWS REQUIRING THE INVOLVEMENT OF PARENTS IN ABORTION DECISIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

276 yea · 150 nayPassed8 not voting or present
Democrat66 yea · 134 nay
Republican210 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3682 ↗

Child Custody Protection Act

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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Passing the bill restricts abortion access by criminalizing out-of-state travel to bypass parental involvement laws.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Passing the bill creates a new federal criminal offense.

    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 (276)

Nay (150)

Not voting or present (8)

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