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House Roll Call 373, 98th Congress · October 19, 1983

TO AMEND THE SOLOMON SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BONKER PERFECTING AMENDMENT TO THE COURTER AMENDMENT. THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE SIX-MONTH FOREIGN AVAILABILITY NEGOTIATING PERIOD FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES THAT THE ABSENCE OF THE EXPORT CONTROL INVOLVED WOULD PROVE DETRIMENTAL TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND CERTIFIES THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE PROGRESSING. THE HUNTER AMENDMENT REQUIRES A LICENSE AT THE END OF THE ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WOULD DAMAGE NATIONAL SECURITY. THE BONKER PERFECTING AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF 6 MONTHS IF THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES TO THE CONGRESS THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE PROCEEDING, AND THAT THE ABSENCE OF THE EXPORT CONTROLS INVOLVED WOULD PROVE DETRIMENTAL TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY. THE COURTER AMENDMENT ELIMINATES THE 6-MONTH TIME LIMITATION BUT DOES NOT ALTER THAT PART OF THE BILL THAT REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT TO NEGOTIATE AWAY FOREIGN AVAILABILITY. (MOTION FAILED)

137 yea · 285 nay11 not voting or present
Democrat29 yea · 222 nay
Republican107 yea · 61 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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(0.80): Requiring export licenses for national security reasons adds 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 (137)

Nay (285)

Not voting or present (11)

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