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House recorded vote (92nd Congress) · August 4, 1971

H.R. 6531

Recorded vote

TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6531.

Bill action

The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record

This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).

The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 6531

The map

How each state's members voted

In 6 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 29 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

All yes
All no
Split
No yes or no vote

Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no
Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
Washington: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota: 5 yes, 3 no
Illinois: 7 yes, 17 no
Wisconsin: 5 yes, 5 no
Michigan: 9 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York: 21 yes, 19 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts: 6 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Oregon: 2 yes, 2 no
Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa: 2 yes, 5 no
Indiana: 4 yes, 7 no
Ohio: 8 yes, 15 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 14 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
New Jersey: 6 yes, 9 no
Connecticut: 2 yes, 4 no
California: 15 yes, 20 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 0 yes, 4 no
Nebraska: 0 yes, 3 no
Missouri: 3 yes, 7 no
Kentucky: 1 yes, 6 no
West Virginia: 1 yes, 4 no
Virginia: 0 yes, 10 no
Maryland: 3 yes, 5 no
Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
Arizona: 1 yes, 2 no
New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas: 1 yes, 4 no
Arkansas: 1 yes, 3 no
Tennessee: 2 yes, 7 no
North Carolina: 0 yes, 11 no
South Carolina: 0 yes, 6 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 0 yes, 5 no
Louisiana: 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Mississippi: 0 yes, 5 no
Alabama: 0 yes, 8 no
Georgia: 2 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
Texas: 1 yes, 21 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Florida: 2 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 434 members

Select any member to pull their file.

Recorded vote

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

What was on the floor

Every roll call on H.R. 6531

How each state's members voted

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

Alabama 0 yes, 8 no

Arkansas 1 yes, 3 no

Arizona 1 yes, 2 no

California 15 yes, 20 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 0 yes, 4 no

Connecticut 2 yes, 4 no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 2 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Georgia 2 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 2 yes, 5 no

Idaho 0 yes, 2 no

Illinois 7 yes, 17 no

Indiana 4 yes, 7 no

Kansas 1 yes, 4 no

Kentucky 1 yes, 6 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 6 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 3 yes, 5 no

Maine 2 yes, 0 no

Michigan 9 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Minnesota 5 yes, 3 no

Missouri 3 yes, 7 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 5 no

Montana 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 11 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Nebraska 0 yes, 3 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 6 yes, 9 no

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 21 yes, 19 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 8 yes, 15 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oklahoma 0 yes, 5 no

Oregon 2 yes, 2 no

Pennsylvania 10 yes, 14 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 6 no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Tennessee 2 yes, 7 no

Texas 1 yes, 21 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 0 yes, 10 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Washington 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wisconsin 5 yes, 5 no

West Virginia 1 yes, 4 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Every vote, by name — 434 members