Senate bill · 100th Congress · Public Law 100-259
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
Became law on Mar 22, 1988.
Sponsor: Sen. Edward Kennedy D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 19, 1987
- Committee actionMay 20, 1987
- Passed SenateJan 28, 1988 · 75–14
- Passed HouseMar 2, 1988 · 315–98
- To the PresidentMar 4, 1988
- Became lawMar 22, 1988
Latest action: Mar 22, 1988 — Became Public Law No: 100-259.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 557.
- Congress.gov notePublic Law enacted over veto.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 557, 100th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/s/557
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
58 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 47 Democrats
12 of 58 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Brockman Adams (D-WA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Rudolf Boschwitz (R-MN), William Bradley (D-NJ), John Breaux (D-LA), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Quentin Burdick (D-ND), Robert Byrd (D-WV), John Chafee (R-RI), Lawton Chiles (D-FL), William Cohen (R-ME), Alan Cranston (D-CA), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), Alan Dixon (D-IL), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), David Durenberger (R-MN), Daniel Evans (R-WA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Wyche Fowler (D-GA), John Glenn (D-OH), Albert Gore (D-TN), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Henry Heinz (R-PA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
- S.J.Res. 74 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the month of May, 1987 as "National Cancer Institute Month".
- S. 2385 (100th) Community and Migrant Health Centers Amendments of 1988
- S. 2479 (100th) Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1988
- S. 2889 (100th) Health Omnibus Extension of 1988
- S. 1220 (100th) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research and Information Act of 1988
- S.Res. 303 (100th) A resolution to commend the efforts and commitment of the organizers and participants of "Justice For All Day", November 17, 1987.
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.