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Senate Roll Call 112, 106th Congress · May 12, 1999

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to preserve privacy and property rights, prohibit the collection of fees, and the retention of information in connection with background checks of law abiding citizens acquiring firearms.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

53 yea · 45 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 41 nay
Republican50 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 254 ↗

Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999

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 JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Firearm background check record privacy is a gun rights issue, not criminal justice reform or punishment.

    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 (53)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (2)

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