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House Roll Call 122, 97th Congress · July 15, 1981

TO AGREE TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3519 THAT REVISES THE PROVISIONS DEALING WITH PROCUREMENT POLICY BY PERMITTING MULTIYEAR CONTRACTING TO BE DONE ONLY THROUGH SUBMISSION BY DOD OF SPECIFIC MULTIYEAR CONTRACT PROPOSALS WHEN IT MAKES FUTURE REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZATIONS, TO PROVIDES THAT PROCUREMENT OF AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES BE CONDUCTED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (MOTION FAILED)

133 yea · 283 nay16 not voting or present
Democrat123 yea · 101 nay
Republican9 yea · 180 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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(0.75): Requiring explicit approval for multiyear contracting increases oversight on defense spending.

    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 (133)

Nay (283)

Not voting or present (16)

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