House joint resolution · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-218
To confer honorary citizenship of the United States on Agnes Gonxha Bojahiu, also known as Mother Teresa.
Became law on Oct 1, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Flanagan R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 1996
- Committee actionSep 11, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 17, 1996 · 405–0
- Passed SenateSep 18, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 20, 1996
- Became lawOct 1, 1996
Latest action: Oct 1, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-218.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 191.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-796 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 17, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/796
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 191, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hjres/191
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 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
23 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 23 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Charles Canady (R-FL), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jon Fox (R-PA), J. Hastert (R-IL), Frederick Heineman (R-NC), Martin Hoke (R-OH), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Sue Kelly (R-NY), William Lipinski (D-IL), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Michael McNulty (D-NY), George Nethercutt (R-WA), James Oberstar (D-MN), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Mark Souder (R-IN), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Robert Underwood (D-GU), J. Watts (R-OK), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Flanagan.
- H.R. 3834 (104th) To redesignate the Dunning Post Office in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Roger P. McAuliffe Post Office".
- H.Con.Res. 17 (104th) Relating to the treatment of Social Security under any constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.
- H.R. 1431 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-percent of gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies.
- H.R. 3128 (104th) To make it unlawful to send lobbying communications to Congress which are fraudulent.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.