House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1995
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 1995
- Committee actionAug 2, 1995
- Passed HouseMay 1, 1996 · 239–182
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2149.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-303 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 1, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 1, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/303
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2149, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2149
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Howard Coble (R-NC), Norman Mineta (D-CA), James Oberstar (D-MN), James Traficant (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bud Shuster.
- H.R. 3159 (104th) National Transportation Safety Board Amendments of 1996
- H.R. 2594 (104th) Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments Act of 1996
- H.R. 2539 (104th) ICC Termination Act of 1995
- H.R. 3539 (104th) Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996
- H.R. 842 (104th) Truth in Budgeting Act
- H.R. 3923 (104th) Aviation Disaster Family Assistance 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.