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House Roll Call 348, 98th Congress · September 29, 1983

TO AMEND THE HUGHES AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3231 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. H.R. 3231 AMENDS THE AUTHORITIES CONTAINED IN THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979. THE HUGHES AMENDMENT STRIKES PROVISIONS FOR COMMERCE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. THE BONKER AMENDMENT RETAINS COMMERCE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN THE BILL, BUT REQUIRES A WARRANT. (MOTION FAILED)

164 yea · 246 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat79 yea · 169 nay
Republican85 yea · 76 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3231 ↗

Export Administration Amendments Act of 1983

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance — 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.

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Protectionist”

    model(0.75): Retaining law enforcement authority for export controls maintains restrictions on trade.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

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

Yea (164)

Nay (248)

Not voting or present (21)

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