House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-170

Food Quality Protection Act of 1996

H.R. 1627Introduced May 12, 1995Policy area: Environmental Protection

Became law on Aug 3, 1996.

Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Bliley R-VA

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 12, 1995
Committee actionJun 19, 1996
Passed HouseJul 23, 1996 · 417–0
Passed SenateJul 24, 1996 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentJul 26, 1996
Became lawAug 3, 1996

Latest action: Aug 3, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-170.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1627.

Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-669,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 104-669,Part 2 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 1996 ↗
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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

243 cosponsors — 184 Republicans, 59 Democrats

63 of 243 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunn (R-OR), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC) and 213 more.

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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