House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-78
To rename the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Became law on Dec 28, 1995.
Sponsor: Rep. Norman Mineta D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 1995
- Committee actionSep 27, 1995
- Passed HouseDec 12, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 20, 1995 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 21, 1995
- Became lawDec 28, 1995
Latest action: Dec 28, 1995 — Became Public Law No: 104-78.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1253.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-290 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/290
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1253, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
47 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 46 Democrats
1 of 47 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), David Bonior (D-MI), George Brown (D-CA), John Bryant (D-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Andrew Jacobs (D-IN), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), John LaFalce (D-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Jim Leach (R-IA), John Lewis (D-GA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Robert Matsui (D-CA) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Norman Mineta.
- H.J.Res. 69 (104th) Providing for the reappointment of Homer Alfred Neal as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.R. 1753 (104th) United States Commemorative Coins Act of 1995
- H.R. 1079 (104th) Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
- H.Res. 50 (104th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the current negotiations between the United States and the People's…
- H.R. 675 (104th) Securities Litigation Equity Act of 1995
- H.R. 1287 (104th) For the relief of Nguyen Quy An and Nguyen Ngoc Kim Quy.
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.