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House Roll Call 456, 96th Congress · September 21, 1979

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE DORNAN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4034, EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS. THE PREYER AMENDMENT CONTINUES THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF EXPORT LICENSING INFORMATION AND MAKES INFORMATION ON SHIPPER'S EXPORT DECLARATIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AFTER JUNE 30, 1980. (MOTION PASSED)

318 yea · 29 nay87 not voting or present
Democrat208 yea · 5 nay
Republican107 yea · 24 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4034

Export Administration Act Amendments of 1979

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance — 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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Administrative rules regarding licensing confidentiality and FOIA do not clearly move trade policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

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

Yea (318)

Nay (29)

Not voting or present (87)

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