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Senate Roll Call 292, 95th Congress · July 15, 1977

TO AMEND S. 9 BY ALLOWING THE INTERIOR SECRETARY TO PUT UP TO 75% OF THE FIXED CASH BONUS FUNDS RECEIVED BY ANY ONE BIDDER INTO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY FINANCE THE LESSEE'S DRILLING COST.

26 yea · 54 nay19 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 27 nay
Republican4 yea · 26 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 9

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978

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(0.85): Subsidizes offshore oil drilling by placing bonus funds into escrow for drilling costs.

    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 (27)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (19)

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