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Senate Roll Call 730, 97th Congress · July 20, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 4961 TO PROVIDE THAT IF, AT THE END OF ANY FISCAL YEAR THE AMOUNT OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS IN THE AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND (INCLUDING FUNDS COLLECTED DURING SUCH FISCAL YEAR BUT NOT YET TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUST FUND) EXCEEDS $5 MILLION, THE RATE OF TAX IMPOSED ON FUEL USED FOR NONCOMMERCIAL AVIATION UNDER SECTION 4041(C)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE 8 1/2 CENTS PER GALLON. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 35

44 yea · 54 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat33 yea · 12 nay
Republican12 yea · 41 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4961 ↗

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.85): Establishes a lower tax rate on aviation fuel when trust fund surpluses exist.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

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

Yea (45)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (1)

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