House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 1995
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed HouseAug 1, 1996 · 259–169
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-723 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 31, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/723
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 123, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/123
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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
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.
- H.R. 701 (104th) To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City of Rolla, Missouri.
- H.R. 238 (104th) Ozark Wild Horses Protection Act
- H.Con.Res. 39 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Federal disaster relief.
- H.R. 2130 (104th) Farmer Mac Reform Act of 1995
- H.R. 1856 (104th) Natural Disaster Protection Partnership Act of 1995
- H.R. 240 (104th) Notch Baby Act of 1995
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.