House and Senate Floor and Committee Action to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 1966 to Present

House and Senate Floor and Committee Action to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 1966 to Present

House and Senate Floor and Committee Action to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 1966 to Present

February 19, 2016 (R43761)
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Tables

Table 1. House and Senate Votes on Committee and Floor Bills and Conference Reports for the Original ESEA Bill and Subsequent Major ESEA Reauthorizations Bills

Table 2. House and Senate Votes on Committee and Floor Bills to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act During the 112th and 113th Congresses

Summary

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was initially enacted in 1965 (P.L. 89-10). Since then, there have been 13 major reauthorizations of the ESEA, with the most recent reauthorization occurring in 2015 with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, P.L. 114-95). This report provides information on the votes taken in the House and Senate in the committees of jurisdiction and on the House and Senate floors prior to and following conference proceedings for the ESEA of 1965 and subsequent major reauthorizations.

The report also provides vote information on comprehensive ESEA reauthorization bills that were considered in the committees of jurisdiction or on the House or Senate floors following the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB; P.L. 107-110) but prior to the consideration of the ESSA. During the 112th and 113th Congresses, both committees with jurisdiction over the ESEA ordered ESEA reauthorization bills to be reported. In the 113th Congress, an ESEA reauthorization bill was considered on the House floor.

House and Senate Floor and Committee Action to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 1966 to Present

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was initially enacted in 1965 (P.L. 89-10). Since then, there have been 13 major reauthorizations of the ESEA, with the most recent reauthorization occurring in 2015 with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, P.L. 114-95). This report provides information on the votes taken in the House and Senate in the committees of jurisdiction and on the House and Senate floors prior to and following conference proceedings for the ESEA of 1965 and subsequent major reauthorizations. An overall vote count and the votes by party affiliation are provided for each bill when available. The report also provides vote information on comprehensive ESEA reauthorization bills that were been considered in the 112th and 113th Congresses but were not enacted into law.

More specifically, Table 1 provides information on vote counts for the committee bills and bills considered on the House and Senate floors prior to and following conference for the original ESEA and each major reauthorization of the law by amendment. It includes both the overall vote counts, as well as vote counts by party affiliation when possible. With respect to committee votes, however, there are no databases that compile votes taken in committee, nor are committee votes included in the Daily Digest of the Congressional Record.¹ Therefore, committee votes have been provided only to the extent that they were readily available. In most cases, if committee vote information was available, it was not readily available by party affiliation. No comprehensive ESEA reauthorization bills were considered by the committees of jurisdiction or on the House or Senate floors during the 108th through the 111th Congresses. Table 2, however, provides information on vote counts from the 112th and 113th Congresses, as both committees of jurisdiction ordered ESEA reauthorization bills to be reported. In the 113th Congress, an ESEA reauthorization bill was considered on the House floor. Action by the committees of jurisdiction related to the reauthorization of the ESEA during the 114th Congress is reflected on Table 1.

As depicted in Table 1, a relatively wide or narrow margin of overall approval for a particular bill may mask the support or lack thereof for a given bill by party affiliation. In some cases, a particular bill may have garnered substantially more support from one party than another, but in other cases, there may have been similar levels of support or dissension in both parties regarding the bill.

Table 1. House and Senate Votes on Committee and Floor Bills and Conference Reports for the Original ESEA Bill and Subsequent Major ESEA Reauthorizations Bills

Act Title

Public Law Number

Year Enacted

House Committee Votes on Relevant ESEA Bill

House Floor Votes on Relevant ESEA Bill Prior to Conference

House Votes on Conference Report

Senate Committee Votes on Relevant ESEA Bill

Senate Floor Votes on Relevant ESEA Bill Prior to Conference

Senate Votes on Conference Report

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

P.L. 89-10

1965

H.R. 2362

23-8

H.R. 2362

263-153

R: 35-96

D: 228-57

None

H.R. 2362

Not available

H.R. 2362

73-18

R: 18-14

D: 55-4

None

Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1966

P.L. 89-750

1966

H.R. 13161

Not available

H.R. 13161

237-97

R: 47-59

D: 190-38

H.R. 13161

185-76

R: 41-47

D: 144-29

S. 3046

Not available

S. 3046

54-16

R. 13-8

D: 41-8

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Substituted S. 3046 with one amendment and passed as H.R. 13161

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 13161

Passed by voice vote

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Amendments of 1967

P.L. 90-247

1968

H.R. 7819

Not available

H.R. 7819

294-122

R: 99-80

D: 195-42

H.R. 7819

286-73

R: 121-37

D: 165-36

H.R. 7819

Not available

H.R. 7819

71-7

R: 23-1

D: 48-6

H.R. 7819

63-3

R: 24-1

D: 39-2

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Amendments of 1970

P.L. 91-230

1970

H.R. 514

21-13

H.R. 514

400-17

R: 175-8

D: 225-9

H.R. 514

312-58

R: 141-17

D: 171-41

H.R. 514

Not available

H.R. 514

80-0

R: 35-0

D: 45-0

H.R. 514

74-4

R: 35-0

D: 39-4

Education Amendments of 1972

P.L. 92-318

1972

H.R. 7248

35-1

H.R. 7248

332-38

R: 128-24

D: 204-14

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Substituted H.R. 7248 for S. 659

Passed by voice vote

S. 659

218-180

R: 89-76

D: 129-104

S. 659

17-0

S. 659

51-0

R: 26-0

D: 25-0

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S. 659 (new session of Congress)

88-6

R: 39-3

D: 49-3

S. 659

63-15

R: 30-5

D: 33-10

Education Amendments of 1974

P.L. 93-380

1974

H.R. 69

H.R. 69

380-26

R: 162-15

D: 218-11

H.R. 69

323-83

R: 136-47

D: 187-36

S. 1539

16-0

S. 1539

81-5

R: 31-5

D: 50-0

H.R. 69

81-15

R: 28-11

D: 53-4

Education Amendments of 1978

P.L. 95-561

1978

H.R. 15

36-0

H.R. 15

350-20

R: 110-14

D: 240-6

H.R. 15

349-18

R: 113-13

D: 236-5

S. 1753

14-0

H.R. 15, as amended, passed in lieu of S. 1753

86-7

R: 30-5

D: 56-2

(The Senate did not vote on S. 1753)

H.R. 15

Passed by voice vote

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

P.L. 97-35a

1981

H.R. 3982

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 3982

232-193

Not available

H.R. 3982

Passed by unanimous consent

S. 1377

19-0

S. 1377

80-15

R: Not available

D: Not available

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H.R. 3982, as amended, passed in lieu of S. 1377

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 3982

80-14

R: 49-1

D: 30-13

I: 1-0

Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Technical Amendments of 1983

P.L. 98-211

1983

H.R. 1035

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 1035

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 1035

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 1035

Passed by unanimous consent

H.R. 1035

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 1035

Passed by voice vote

Education Amendments of 1984

P.L. 98-511

1984

S. 2496

Discharged by motion

S. 2496

Passed by voice vote

S. 2496

Passed by voice vote

S. 2496

Passed by unanimous consent

S. 2496

Passed by voice vote

S. 2496

Passed by voice vote

Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988

P.L. 100-297

1988

H.R. 5

Passed by voice vote

H.R. 5

401-1

R: 167-1

D: 234-0

H.R. 5

397-1

R: 168-1

D: 229-0

S. 373

Not available

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H.R. 5

16-0

H.R. 5, as amended, passed in lieu of S. 373

97-1

R: 45-1

D: 52-0

(S. 373 was indefinitely postponed by the Senate by unanimous consent.)

H.R. 5

Passed by voice vote

Improving America's Schools Act of 1994

P.L. 103-382

1994

H.R. 6

29-14

H.R. 6

289-128

R: 45-124

D: 234-4

I: 1-0

H.R. 6

262-132

R: 31-128

D: 230-4

I: 1-0

S. 1513

Not available

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H.R. 6

Passed by unanimous consent

H.R. 6, as amended, passed in lieu of S. 1513

94-6

R: 38-6

D: 56-0

(S. 1513 was indefinitely postponed by the Senate by unanimous consent.)

H.R. 6

77-20

R: 23-20

D: 54-0

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

P.L. 107-110

2002

H.R. 1

41-7

R: 21-6

D: 20-1

H.R. 1

384-45

R: 186-34

D: 197-10

I: 1-1

H.R. 1

381-41

R: 183-33

D: 198-6

I: 0-2

S. 1

20-0

H.R. 1, as amended, passed in lieu of S. 1

91-8

R: 47-2

D: 43-6

I: 1-0

(S. 1 was returned to calendar and not considered by the Senate.)

H.R. 1

87-10

R: 44-3

D: 43-6

I: 0-1

Every Student Succeeds Act

P.L. 114-95

2015

H.R. 5

21-16

R: 21-0

D: 0-16

H.R. 5

218-213

R: 218-27

D: 0-186

S. 1177, as amended, passed in lieu of H.R. 5

359-64

R: 178-64

D: 181-0

S. 1177

22-0

R: 12-0

D: 9-0

I: 1-0

S. 1177

81-17

R: 39-14

D: 40-3

I: 2-0

S. 1177

85-12

R: 40-12

D: 44-0

I: 1-0

Source: Table prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), February 8, 2016, based on an analysis of relevant vote information available from the Legislative Information Service; Congressional Quarterly Almanacs, various years; Congressional Quarterly Congress Collection, various years; CQ Markup Report; Hein Online Congressional Record; and Lexis Nexis Congressional.

Notes:

D: Democrat

I: Independent

R: Republican

a. Title V of P.L. 97-35 was the Omnibus Education Reconciliation Act of 1981.

Table 2. House and Senate Votes on Committee and Floor Bills to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act During the 112th and 113th Congresses

Act Title

Congress and Bill Number

House Committee Vote

House Floor Vote

Senate Committee Vote

Senate Floor Vote

Elementary and Secondary Reauthorization Act of 2011

112th Congress,
S. 3578

Not applicable

Not applicable

15-7

R: 3-7

D: 11-0

I: 1-0

Not applicable

Student Success Act

112th Congress,
H.R. 3989

23-16

R: 23-0

D: 0-16

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act

112th Congress,
H.R. 3990

23-16

R: 23-0

D: 0-16

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Strengthening America's Schools Act

113th Congress,
S. 1094

Not applicable

Not applicable

12-10

R: 0-10

D: 11-0

I: 1-0

Not applicable

Success for All Students Act

113th Congress,
H.R. 5

23-16

R: 23-0

D: 0-16

221-207

R: 221-12

D: 0-195

Not applicable

Not applicable

Source: Table prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), October 7, 2014, based on S. Rept. 112-221, H. Rept. 112-458, H.Rept. 112-459 Part 1, and CRS observation of the relevant committee markups for the 112th Congress; and based on S. Rept. 113-113, H. Rept. 113-150, and Roll Call vote 374 in the House, and CRS observation of the relevant committee markups for the 113th Congress.

Notes:

D: Democrat

R: Republican

Author Contact Information

[author name scrubbed], Specialist in Education Policy ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])

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Footnotes

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Legislative Information System, Congressional Research Service, Best Practices for Finding Committee Votes, http://www.congress.gov/help/BestPractices/VotesInCommittee.html.