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House Roll Call 371, 95th Congress · June 30, 1977

TO AMEND H.R. 7933 BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA UNLESS THERE IS CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF DEATH OR UNLESS THE CHANGE OF STATUS IS REQUESTED BY A DEPENDENT.

160 yea · 246 nay18 not voting or present
Democrat63 yea · 204 nay
Republican98 yea · 47 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7933

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1978

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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) Administrative restriction regarding MIA classification does not directly alter military strength or deployment.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    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 (164)

Nay (251)

Not voting or present (18)

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