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National
Key Vote
National Missile Defense bill

Key Votes: HR 4
Issues: Defense Date: 03/18/1999 Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, W. Curtis (R-PA) (out of office)
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| Roll no. 59
 Bill Passed (House) How members voted (317 - 105)
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Project Vote Smart's Synopsis: Vote to pass a bill that announces official support for the policy of deploying a national missile defense system intended to defend the United States from long-range missiles.
Official Title of Legislation: HR 4: To declare it to be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense.
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:hr4:
House Passage: 03/18/1999 : Bill Passed 317 - 105 (Roll no. 59) Senate Passage With Amendment: 05/18/1999 : Bill Passed NOTE: THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE LEGISLATION. House Concurrence Vote: 05/20/1999 : Concurrence Vote Passed 345 - 71 (Roll no. 144) President Passage: 07/22/1999 : Signed Became Public Law Number 106-038
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, W. Curtis (R-PA) (out of office)
Cosponsors: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil (D-HI) Rep. Aderholt, Robert (R-AL) Rep. Andrews, Robert (D-NJ) Rep. Armey, Richard (R-TX) (out of office) Rep. Barr, Robert Jr. (-GA) (out of office) Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe (R-MD) Rep. Bateman, Herbert (R-VA) (out of office) Rep. Bereuter, Douglas (-NE) (out of office) Rep. Berry, Robert (D-AR) Rep. Blagojevich, Rod (D-IL) (out of office) Rep. Bliley, Thomas Jr. (R-VA) (out of office) Rep. Blunt, Roy (R-MO) Rep. Bono Mack, Mary (R-CA) Rep. Brady, Robert (D-PA) Rep. Buyer, Stephen (R-IN) Rep. Calvert, Ken (R-CA) Rep. Chambliss, C. Saxby (-GA) (out of office) Rep. Coburn, Thomas (R-OK) (out of office) Rep. Condit, Gary (D-CA) (out of office) Rep. Cox, Christopher (R-CA) (out of office) Rep. Cramer, Robert (D-AL) (out of office) Rep. Cunningham, Randall (R-CA) (out of office) Rep. DeLay, Thomas (R-TX) (out of office) Rep. DeMint, Jim (-SC) (out of office) Rep. Dickey, Jay (-AR) (out of office) Rep. Dicks, Norman (D-WA) Rep. Edwards, Thomas (D-TX) Rep. Ehrlich, Robert Jr. (-MD) (out of office) Rep. English, Philip (R-PA) (out of office) Rep. Everett, Terry (R-AL) (out of office) Rep. Foley, Mark (R-FL) (out of office) Rep. Fossella, Vito Jr. (R-NY) (out of office) Rep. Fowler, Tillie (R-FL) (out of office) Rep. Gibbons, James (R-NV) (out of office) Rep. Gillmor, Paul (R-OH) (out of office) Rep. Gilman, Benjamin (-NY) (out of office) Rep. Goode, Virgil Jr. (R-VA) (out of office) Rep. Goodlatte, Robert (R-VA) Rep. Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) (out of office) Rep. Granger, Kay (R-TX) Rep. Hall, Ralph (R-TX) Rep. Hansen, James (-UT) (out of office) Rep. Hayes, Robert (R-NC) (out of office) Rep. Hefley, Joel (R-CO) (out of office) Rep. Hill, Baron (D-IN) (out of office) Rep. Hilleary, Van (R-TN) (out of office) Rep. Hostettler, John Nathan (R-IN) (out of office) Rep. Hoyer, Steny (D-MD) Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) (out of office)
| Rep. Istook, Ernest Jr. (R-OK) (out of office) Rep. Johnson, Nancy (R-CT) (out of office) Rep. Jones, Walter Jr. (R-NC) Rep. Kasich, John (R-OH) (out of office) Rep. King, Peter (R-NY) Rep. Knollenberg, Joseph (R-MI) (out of office) Rep. Kuykendall, Steven (-CA) (out of office) Rep. Lewis, Jerry (R-CA) Rep. Maloney, James (D-CT) (out of office) Rep. McHugh, John (R-NY) (out of office) Rep. McKeon, Howard (R-CA) Rep. Meehan, Martin (D-MA) (out of office) Rep. Murtha, John (D-PA) Rep. Myrick, Suellen (R-NC) Rep. Ortiz, Solomon Sr. (D-TX) Rep. Peterson, John (R-PA) (out of office) Rep. Pickett, Owen (D-VA) (out of office) Rep. Pitts, Joseph (R-PA) Rep. Reyes, Silvestre (D-TX) Rep. Riley, Robert (-AL) (out of office) Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) Rep. Ryun, Jim (R-KS) (out of office) Rep. Saxton, H. James (R-NJ) (out of office) Rep. Scarborough, Joe (R-FL) (out of office) Rep. Schaffer, Robert (-CO) (out of office) Rep. Scott, Robert (D-VA) Rep. Sessions, Peter (R-TX) Rep. Sherwood, Donald (R-PA) (out of office) Rep. Shows, Ronnie (D-MS) (out of office) Rep. Sisisky, Norman (D-VA) (out of office) Rep. Skelton, Ike (D-MO) Rep. Snyder, Victor (D-AR) Rep. Spence, Floyd (R-SC) (out of office) Rep. Spratt, John Jr. (D-SC) Rep. Stenholm, Charles (-TX) (out of office) Rep. Stump, Bob (R-AZ) (out of office) Rep. Sununu, John (R-NH) (out of office) Rep. Talent, James (R-MO) (out of office) Rep. Tanner, John (D-TN) Rep. Taylor, Gene (D-MS) Rep. Thornberry, William (R-TX) Rep. Tiahrt, Todd (R-KS) Rep. Toomey, Patrick (R-PA) (out of office) Rep. Turner, James (-TX) (out of office) Rep. Underwood, Robert Anacletus (-GU) (out of office) Rep. Watts, Julius Caesar Jr. (R-OK) (out of office) Rep. Wicker, Roger (R-MS) (out of office) Rep. Young, Donald (R-AK)
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