House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 4, 1995
- Committee actionOct 24, 1995
- Passed HouseMar 21, 1996 · 333–87
- Passed SenateMay 2, 1996 · 97–3
- Resolving differencesSep 24, 1996
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 1996 — Cloture motion on the conference report presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S11451)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2202.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 5 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-828 ↗; H. Rept. 104-469,Part 4 ↗; H. Rept. 104-469,Part 3 ↗; H. Rept. 104-469,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 104-469,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 21, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/828
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/469
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/469
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/469
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/469 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2202, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2202
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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
129 cosponsors — 109 Republicans, 19 Democrats, 1 independent
23 of 129 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Glen Browder (D-AL), Ed Bryant (R-TN), John Bryant (D-TX), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mac Collins (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX) and 99 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 2765 (104th) For the relief of Rocco A. Trecosta.
- H.R. 962 (104th) To amend the Immigration Act of 1990 relating to the membership of the United States Commission on Immigration Reform.
- H.Res. 348 (104th) Expressing the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the standards proposed by the National Center for History in the Schools for…
- H.R. 1915 (104th) Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995
- H.Res. 484 (104th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the major television networks should revive their traditional "Family Hour" and…
- H.R. 3277 (104th) Regulatory Accountability 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.