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House recorded vote (95th Congress) · May 17, 1977
H.R. 4746

Recorded vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED, H.R. 4746, A BILL EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR WITH RESPECT TO RESEARCH PROJECTS ON WATER RESOURCES AND SALINE WATER CONVERSION.

Bill action
01
The question

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

02
The tally

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

03
The people

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

The official record
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. Bill metadata: Congress.gov.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 4746

July 20, 1977 · TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 474… · 401–1
The map

How each state's members voted

In 47 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 2 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
  1. Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 6 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 8 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 20 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 9 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 17 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 38 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 11 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 4 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  20. Iowa: 6 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 11 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 23 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 19 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 12 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 37 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 10 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 7 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 10 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 5 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 4 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 8 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 11 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 6 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 6 yes, 0 no
  45. Louisiana: 7 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 5 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 9 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  50. Texas: 23 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 15 yes, 0 no

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

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

Arizona 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 37 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 38 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

On the record

Every vote, by name — 433 members

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