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House Roll Call 168, 99th Congress · June 25, 1985

TO AMEND THE COURTER AMENDMENT TO H R 1872. THE COURTER AMENDMENT INCREASES THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS BY 5 PERCENT PER YEAR UNTIL WE REACH A THRESHOLD OF 70 PERCENT OF THE CONTRACTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THAT ARE COMPETITIVELY BID. THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NOT LATER THAN 90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR, A REPORT EXPLAINING WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAD NOT MET THE ABOVE MENTIONED GOAL. (MOTION PASSED)

416 yea · 0 nay16 not voting or present
Democrat236 yea · 0 nay
Republican178 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1872 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986

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) Imposes a reporting requirement regarding DOD competitive contracting goals.

    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 (417)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (16)

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