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House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law

Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1996

H.R. 123Introduced Jan 4, 1995Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Emerson R-MO
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 2, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 123.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 123, last updated August 10, 2026. 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

197 cosponsors — 178 Republicans, 19 Democrats

21 of 197 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.

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), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Glen Browder (D-AL), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI) and 167 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Emerson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Missouri in Congress · MO-8 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.