House Roll Call 646, 97th Congress · September 8, 1982

TO AMEND THE FLORIO SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6307, A BILL AMENDING THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 1983 AND 1984. THE FLORIO AMENDMENT MAKES SUNDRY TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING CHANGES IN THE ORIGINAL BILL AND INCORPORATES THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. THE GRAMM AMENDMENT STRIKES PROVISIONS WHICH APPLY RCRA REGULATIONS TO SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS AND REQUIRES THE EPA TO STUDY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE ADVISABILITY OF APPLYING REGULATIONS TO OPERATIONS GENERATING LESS THAN 1,000 KILOGRAMS PER MONTH. (MOTION FAILED)

148 yea · 183 nay87 not voting or present

Democrat40 yea · 144 nay

Republican115 yea · 43 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6307 ↗

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Reauthorization Act of 1982

Policy area: Environmental Protection — 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.

Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Fossil fuel priority”
model(0.90): Striking waste regulations on small quantity generators weakens environmental protection.
Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection
Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Regulatory rider on waste generators is a policy fight, unclear on fiscal axis.
Tagged by: keyword:appropriations
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (155)

Nay (190)

Not voting or present (87)

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