House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-150
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 1995
- Committee actionMar 13, 1996
- Passed HouseApr 23, 1996 · 407–0
- Passed SenateMay 21, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 23, 1996
- Became lawJun 3, 1996
Latest action: Jun 3, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-150.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1965.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-521 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 16, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 16, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/521
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1965, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1fbf12975ba302cfc4e7a4a44b07ab111f8ed4c5dd33580bdfff1ba168409914
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). 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
129 cosponsors — 44 Republicans, 85 Democrats
84 of 129 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Baldacci (D-ME), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), H. Callahan (R-AL), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Michael Castle (R-DE), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), E. De La Garza (D-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA) and 99 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Saxton.
- H.R. 543 (104th) National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation Act
- H.R. 1594 (104th) To place restrictions on the promotion by the Department of Labor and other Federal agencies and instrumentalities of economically…
- H.R. 3487 (104th) National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation Act
- H.R. 1139 (104th) Striped Bass Conservation Act Amendments of 1995
- H.R. 2160 (104th) Cooperative Fisheries Management Act of 1996
- H.R. 4139 (104th) Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act Amendments 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.