House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 1995
- Committee actionAug 2, 1995
- Passed HouseNov 7, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 1996 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 238.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-312 ↗; H. Rept. 104-296 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 28, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/312
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/296 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 238, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/238
- 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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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 238, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Emerson.
- H.R. 701 (104th) To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City of Rolla, Missouri.
- H.R. 123 (104th) Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1996
- H.Con.Res. 39 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Federal disaster relief.
- H.R. 2130 (104th) Farmer Mac Reform Act of 1995
- H.R. 1856 (104th) Natural Disaster Protection Partnership Act of 1995
- H.R. 240 (104th) Notch Baby Act of 1995
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.