House Roll Call 421, 96th Congress · September 12, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 4040 BY STRIKING THE SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION PROVISION AND SUBSTITUTING LANGUAGE REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO REPORT TO CONGRESS ON REFORM OF EXISTING LAW PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION AND INDUCTION OF PERSONS FOR TRAINING AND SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES. (MOTION PASSED)

259 yea · 155 nay15 not voting or present

Democrat176 yea · 85 nay

Republican83 yea · 72 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4040 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980

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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”
model(0.90): Striking the draft registration requirement reduces military compulsion and scope.
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 (261)

Nay (158)

Not voting or present (15)

John Bayard AndersonDid not vote
Douglas Earl ApplegateDid not vote
Tim Lee CarterDid not vote
Eligio II de la GarzaDid not vote
Edward Joseph DerwinskiDid not vote
Daniel John FloodDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
Sam Melville GibbonsDid not vote
William F. GoodlingDid not vote
Thomas Jerald HuckabyDid not vote
Henry John HydeDid not vote
Robert McCloryDid not vote
Edward Ross RoybalDid not vote
Guy Adrian Vander JagtDid not vote
Don YoungDid not vote

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