House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 1995
- Committee actionMay 24, 1995
- Passed HouseSep 19, 1995 · 345–79
- Passed SenateOct 11, 1995 · 95–2
- Resolving differencesMay 21, 1996
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 1996 — Conference report H. Rept. 104-707 filed. (text of conference report: CR H8387-8458)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1617.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-152 ↗; H. Rept. 104-707 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 22, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 22, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/152
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/707 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1617, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1617
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- 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 July 21, 2025). 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Republicans
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bill Barrett (R-NE), John Boehner (R-OH), Michael Castle (R-DE), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Harris Fawell (R-IL), David Funderburk (R-NC), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), James Greenwood (R-PA), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), Melton Hancock (R-MO), Wally Herger (R-CA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Sam Johnson (R-TX), John Kasich (R-OH), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), John Linder (R-GA), David McIntosh (R-IN), Jan Meyers (R-KS), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Tom Petri (R-WI), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Marge Roukema (R-NJ) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.