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House Roll Call 563, 97th Congress · July 28, 1982

TO AGREE TO THE SIMON SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT FOR THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6030. THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT FOR A PERSON TO RECEIVE FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE HE MUST PROVE TO THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION HE HAS REGISTERED FOR THE DRAFT, OR WILL HAVE COMPLETED SUCH REGISTRATION AT THE TIME OF APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE. THE SIMON SUBSTITUTE ORIGINALLY EXEMPTED FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT ANYONE INFORMING THE SELECTIVE SERVICE IN WRITING THAT HE HAD RELIGIOUS OR MORAL OBJECTIONS TO REGISTRATION. THE SIMON SUBSTITUTE WAS AMENDED (BY A DIVISION VOTE) TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FOR RELIGIOUS OR MORAL REASONS. (MOTION FAILED)

161 yea · 241 nay31 not voting or present
Democrat120 yea · 93 nay
Republican39 yea · 148 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6030 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983

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(0.75): Removing religious exemptions from draft registration requirements enforces military conscription obligations.

    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 (161)

Nay (242)

Not voting or present (31)

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