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House bill · 103rd Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that certain revenues attributable to tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery and parts thereof be applied to support research for the modernization of the American textile machinery industry.

H.R. 2004Introduced May 6, 1993Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Cass Ballenger R-NC
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 28, 1994 — See H.R.5110.

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

34 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 21 Democrats

22 of 34 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.

Tom Bevill (D-AL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Howard Coble (R-NC), George Darden (D-GA), Butler Derrick (D-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Barney Frank (D-MA), Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Melton Hancock (R-MO), W. Hefner (D-NC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), William Jefferson (D-LA), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), Marilyn Lloyd (D-TN), Thomas Manton (D-NY), J. McMillan (R-NC), Joe Moakley (D-MA), G. Montgomery (D-MS), Richard Neal (D-MA), Stephen Neal (D-NC), Mike Parker (R-MS), L. Payne (D-VA), David Price (D-NC), James Quillen (R-TN), Arthur Ravenel (R-SC), Charles Rose (D-NC), Gerald Solomon (R-NY), Floyd Spence (R-SC), John Spratt (D-SC) and 4 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 103rd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cass Ballenger.

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-10 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.