House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Communications Act of 1995
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 3, 1995
- Committee actionMay 25, 1995
- Passed HouseAug 4, 1995 · 305–117
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 1995 — The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1555.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1555.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-204 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 25, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/204
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1555, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1555
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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
26 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 7 Democrats
8 of 26 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Jack Fields (R-TX), Daniel Frisa (R-NY), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), James Greenwood (R-PA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), J. Hastert (R-IL), Scott Klug (R-WI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Carlos Moorhead (R-CA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Bill Paxon (R-NY), Dan Schaefer (R-CO), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Rick White (R-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Bliley.
- H.R. 1627 (104th) Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
- H.R. 1058 (104th) Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
- H.R. 3604 (104th) Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996
- H.R. 2972 (104th) Securities and Exchange Commission Authorization Act of 1996
- H.R. 1091 (104th) Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Partnership Act of 1995
- H.R. 1684 (104th) Dolley Madison Commemorative Coin Act
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.