House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
To establish a tropical cyclone reconnaissance, surveillance, and research program under the joint control of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 1989
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jul 24, 1989 — Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Air Force.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 14 Democrats
16 of 23 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Albert Bustamante (D-TX), H. Callahan (R-AL), E. De La Garza (D-TX), Dante Fascell (D-FL), Jamie Fuster (D-PR), Sam Gibbons (D-FL), Porter Goss (R-FL), Bill Grant (R-FL), Jimmy Hayes (R-LA), Andrew Ireland (R-FL), Harry Johnston (D-FL), G. Montgomery (D-MS), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Mike Parker (R-MS), Arthur Ravenel (R-SC), Robert Roe (D-NJ), Charles Rose (D-NC), James Scheuer (D-NY), E. Shaw (R-FL), Larkin Smith (R-MS), Lawrence Smith (D-FL), Lindsay Thomas (D-GA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 186 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the use by United States trading partners of certain nontariff trade barriers that…
- H.R. 2241 (101st) To establish a National Aero-Space Plane program under the joint control of the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.