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House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law

Communications Act of 1995

H.R. 1555Introduced May 3, 1995Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Bliley R-VA
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Where it went

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.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1555, last updated April 7, 2025. 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

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-7 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.