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House Roll Call 722, 95th Congress · January 31, 1978

TO AGREE TO A MODIFIED AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1614, THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACTS AMENDMENTS OF 1977. THE MODIFIED STUDDS AMENDMENT ALLOWS ONLY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO AUTHORIZE GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATIONS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF (OCS).

328 yea · 77 nay26 not voting or present
Democrat191 yea · 74 nay
Republican136 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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 “Climate action”

    model(0.85): Restricts outer continental shelf exploration by requiring explicit Secretarial approval.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (329)

Nay (77)

Not voting or present (26)

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