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House Roll Call 1013, 93rd Congress · November 21, 1974

TO PASS H.R. 16373, A BILL TO SAFEGUARD INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY FROM THE MISUSE OF FEDERAL RECORDS AND TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUALS BE GRANTED ACCESS TO RECORDS CONCERNING THEM MAINTAINED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

352 yea · 1 nay80 not voting or present
Democrat196 yea · 0 nay
Republican156 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 16373

Privacy Act

Policy area: Right of privacy — 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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Passing the Privacy Act expands individuals' rights to access and protect their records.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Right of privacy

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (353)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (80)

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