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House vote: H.R. 4465 // March 13, 2018Needed two-thirds to pass

Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Curtis (R-UT)

(Sec. 2) This bill extends through FY2023 the authority of the Department of the Interior to use power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act for annual base funding of endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. (Sec. 3) Additionally, Interior must submit to Congress a report that describes the accomplishments and costs of the recovery implementation programs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

392 votes, representing 228,207,011 people90.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

6 votes, representing 3,523,076 people1.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.5% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon39290.1%
NayLost61.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.5%