House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-142
Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
Became law on May 13, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Klug R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 1995
- Committee actionApr 16, 1996
- Passed HouseApr 23, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateApr 25, 1996 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMay 2, 1996
- Became lawMay 13, 1996
Latest action: May 13, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-142.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2024.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-530 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 23, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 23, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/530
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2024, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2024
- 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
33 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 33 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Jack Fields (R-TX), Mark Foley (R-FL), Gary Franks (R-CT), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), James Greenwood (R-PA), J. Hastert (R-IL), Jim Lightfoot (R-IA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), William Luther (D-MN), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Paxon (R-NY), Bill Richardson (D-NM), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Dan Schaefer (R-CO), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Bart Stupak (D-MI), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Karen Thurman (D-FL) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Klug.
- H.R. 2969 (104th) Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996
- H.R. 3200 (104th) Food Amendments and the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996
- H.R. 3645 (104th) National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996
- H.R. 311 (104th) To prohibit further Federal funding for the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program of the Department of Energy.
- H.R. 607 (104th) States Rights Empowerment Act of 1995
- H.R. 312 (104th) To prohibit funding to carry out the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.
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.