House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
Guam Commonwealth Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 1989
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 1989 — Field Hearings Held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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
209 cosponsors — 112 Republicans, 97 Democrats
101 of 209 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Glenn Anderson (D-CA), Douglas Applegate (D-OH), Dick Armey (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), Jim Bates (D-CA), Charles Bennett (D-FL), Helen Bentley (R-MD), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), James Bilbray (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), William Broomfield (R-MI), George Brown (D-CA), Jack Buechner (R-MO), Dan Burton (R-IN), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), James Clarke (D-NC), William Clinger (R-PA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), Silvio Conte (R-MA), John Conyers (D-MI), James Courter (R-NJ) and 179 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Blaz.
- H.R. 1338 (101st) To provide for the disposition of excess Federal land located on Guam, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1768 (101st) To extend the existing suspension of duty on certain knitwear fabricated in Guam.
- H.R. 2024 (101st) To amend the Organic Act of Guam, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3944 (101st) Relating to wage certificates issued to producers in the insular possessions of the United States of watches and watch movements.
- H.R. 4685 (101st) To provide for the temporary duty-free treatment of certain sweaters manufactured in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- H.R. 4846 (101st) To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to residents of Guam, and for other purposes.
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.