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Senate Roll Call 391, 94th Congress · September 11, 1975

TO AMEND DOMENICI AMENDMENT TO S. 1517, STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL 1976 AND 1977. THE DOMENICI AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT THE PRESIDENT SHALL DIRECT THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UN TO INSIST THAT THE UN TAKE ALL NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE STEPS TO OBTAIN AN ACCOUNTING OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES MISSING IN ACTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. IF THIS IS NOT ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME, THE U.S. WILL REDUCE ITS FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN THE U.N. THE HUMPHREY AMENDMENT STRIKES THE PENALTY PROVISION AND ADDS LANGUAGE REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO TRANSMIT TO THE CONGRESS A REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UN TO OBTAIN SUCH ACCOUNTING NOT LATER THAN 6 MONTHS FROM ENACTMENT.

55 yea · 32 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 11 nay
Republican14 yea · 20 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1517

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Diplomatic MIA reporting requirement does not move military expansion or restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (57)

Nay (33)

Not voting or present (10)

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