House Roll Call 668, 98th Congress · May 30, 1984

TO AGREE TO THE NICHOLS AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY THE BEDELL AMENDMENT. THE NICHOLS AMENDMENT ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND COMPETITION AS A MEANS OF ENDING THE EXCESSIVE PRICES THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PAYS FOR SPARE PARTS PROCUREMENT. THE BEDELL AMENDMENT PROVIDES REFORMS IN THE THE DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM (INCLUDING THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING AND MANAGING SPARE PARTS), INCREASES COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING, REQUIRES COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING, ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ACQUISITION OF SUPPLIES, AND MAKES CHANGES CONCERNING PROPRIETARY CONTROL OVER SPARE PARTS DESIGN. (MOTION PASSED)

396 yea · 0 nay36 not voting or present

Democrat235 yea · 0 nay

Republican161 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5167 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This vote concerns internal defense procurement regulations and spare parts contracting procedures.
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 (397)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (36)

Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr.Did not vote
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr.Did not vote
John B. BreauxDid not vote
John Wiley BryantDid not vote
Beverly Barton Butcher ByronDid not vote
Earl Thomas ColemanDid not vote
John Conyers, Jr.Did not vote
George William Crockett Jr.Did not vote
Norman Edward D’AmoursDid not vote
Julian C. DixonDid not vote
Mervyn Malcolm DymallyDid not vote
Marvin Henry EdwardsDid not vote
William Webster FranklinDid not vote
Joseph Matthew GaydosDid not vote
Sam Melville GibbonsDid not vote
Albert Arnold Gore Jr.Did not vote
Tony P. HallDid not vote
Kent Ronald HanceDid not vote
George Vernon HansenDid not vote
Augustus Freeman HawkinsDid not vote
Marjorie Sewell HoltDid not vote
James M. JeffordsDid not vote
James Marvin LeathDid not vote
Richard Henry LehmanDid not vote
Norman Frederick LentDid not vote
David Daniel MarriottDid not vote
Ron PackardDid not vote
Claude Denson PepperDid not vote
Joel McFee PritchardDid not vote
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.Did not vote
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Did not vote
Paul Martin SimonDid not vote
Fortney Pete StarkDid not vote
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr.Did not vote
Charles WilsonDid not vote
Timothy E. WirthDid not vote

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