House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 1995
- Committee actionMar 12, 1996
- Passed HouseJun 4, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1861.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-554 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 6, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/554
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1861, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
27f3669f565381ea666dee14f52c0bc467f29271e3b39d848211016f1b386835
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1861, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Moorhead.
- H.R. 1295 (104th) Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995
- H.R. 1734 (104th) To reauthorize the National Film Preservation Board, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 587 (104th) To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological processes.
- H.R. 1506 (104th) Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995
- H.R. 988 (104th) Attorney Accountability Act of 1995
- H.R. 3968 (104th) Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996
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.