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House Roll Call 121, 97th Congress · July 15, 1981

TO AGREE TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3519 TO PROHIBIT DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL IN SEIZURES OR ARRESTS IN DRUG-RELATED CASES WITHIN THE LAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO PROHIBIT MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO OPERATE EQUIPMENT ON LOAN TO LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHIN THE LAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT TO MONITOR AIR AND SEA TRAFIC OR WHEN IT IS ENTERING OR LEAVING THE LAND AREA TO ACCOMPLISH A MISSION OUTSIDE THE LAND AREA. (MOTION AGREED TO)

362 yea · 49 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat191 yea · 25 nay
Republican168 yea · 24 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3519 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

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(0.85): Prohibiting military involvement in domestic drug enforcement restricts military authority.

    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 (362)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (21)

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