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House Roll Call 205, 97th Congress · September 23, 1981

TO AMEND H.R. 4, A BILL TO MAKE IT A FEDERAL CRIME TO DISCLOSE THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, AGENTS, INFORMANTS AND SOURCES OF OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE, BY PROVIDING THAT ANYONE EXPOSING THE IDENTITY OF A U.S. COVERT AGENT WITH "REASON TO BELIEVE" THE EXPOSURE MIGHT "IMPAIR OR IMPEDE" U.S. INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS WOULD BE GUILTY OF A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY UP TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF UP TO $15,000. (MOTION AGREED TO)

226 yea · 181 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat71 yea · 153 nay
Republican157 yea · 28 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4

Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 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 expansion”

    model(0.90): Criminalizing disclosure of covert agents expands defense and intelligence protection powers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Establishing criminal penalties and prison terms for disclosures is a punitive criminal justice measure.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (229)

Nay (183)

Not voting or present (21)

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