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House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law

Congressional Accountability Act of 1995

H.R. 1Introduced Jan 4, 1995Policy area: Congress
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 13, 1995 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

176 cosponsors — 141 Republicans, 34 Democrats, 1 independent

35 of 176 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), A. Allard (R-CO), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), John Bryant (D-TX), Jim Bunn (R-OR), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and 146 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Shays.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress · CT-4 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.