House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-309
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 1995
- Committee actionJul 25, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 24, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 3, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 10, 1996
- Became lawOct 19, 1996
Latest action: Oct 19, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-309.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1281.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-819 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 24, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/819
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1281, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
29 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 29 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Paul McHale (D-PA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Constance Morella (R-MD), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Major Owens (D-NY), John Porter (R-IL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Esteban Torres (D-CA), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Bruce Vento (D-MN), Zach Wamp (R-TN), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Sidney Yates (D-IL).
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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.