House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-148
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, for inclusion in the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge.
Became law on May 24, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Forbes R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 1995
- Committee actionMar 28, 1996
- Passed HouseApr 23, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 3, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesMay 14, 1996
- To the PresidentMay 15, 1996
- Became lawMay 24, 1996
Latest action: May 24, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-148.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1836.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-529 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 22, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 22, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/529
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1836, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1836
- 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
No cosponsors.
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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.