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House Roll Call 718, 95th Congress · January 26, 1978

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 1614, AS REPORTED BY THE AD HOC SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. THE FISH SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR THE LIMITATION OF DUAL LEASING, THE LEGALIZATION OF JOINT BIDDING, THE LIMITATION OF ALTERNATIVE BIDDING SYSTEMS TO NO MORE THAN 30% OF THE LEASES, AND THE TRANSFER OF SAFETY REGULATORY POWER FROM OSHA TO THE COAST GUARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

143 yea · 229 nay38 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 218 nay
Republican113 yea · 19 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1614

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments

Policy area: Environmental Protection — 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.

  • Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.80): Adopts industry-favored substitute limiting alternative bidding and shifting safety oversight.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.85): Transfers safety regulation away from OSHA, reducing worker protection standards.

    Tagged by: keyword:osha

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (154)

Nay (240)

Not voting or present (38)

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