House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-185
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996
Became law on Aug 13, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 1995
- Committee actionMar 28, 1996
- Passed HouseJul 16, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 2, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 7, 1996
- Became lawAug 13, 1996
Latest action: Aug 13, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-185.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1975.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-667 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 11, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/667
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1975, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1975
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1975, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
13 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 6 Democrats
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Frank Cremeans (R-OH), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jimmy Hayes (R-LA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), George Radanovich (R-CA), W. Tauzin (R-LA), William Thornberry (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 3198 (104th) National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1996
- H.R. 3901 (104th) Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1996
- H.R. 502 (104th) Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Act
- H.R. 3731 (104th) To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer to State and local governments of certain…
- H.Con.Res. 70 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that members of the Screen Actors Guild should contribute funds to a private, self-sustaining…
- H.R. 1030 (104th) For the relief of John M. Ragsdale.
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.