House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
United States Housing Act of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 1995
- Committee actionNov 9, 1995
- Passed HouseMay 9, 1996 · 315–107
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 1996 — Laid on the table. See S. 1260 for further action. (consideration: CR H4753)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2406.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-461,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 104-461,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 25, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/461
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/461 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2406, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2406
- 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Dick Chrysler (R-MI), Frank Cremeans (R-OH), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jon Fox (R-PA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Frederick Heineman (R-NC), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Jim Leach (R-IA), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Bob Ney (R-OH), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Gerald Weller (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Lazio.
- H.R. 3219 (104th) Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
- H.Con.Res. 180 (104th) Commending the Americans who served the United States during the period known as the Cold War.
- H.R. 1691 (104th) Homesteading and Neighborhood Restoration Act of 1995
- H.R. 1148 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit penalty-free withdrawals by unemployed individuals from certain retirement plans.
- H.R. 3897 (104th) Senior Citizens Homeownership Protection Act of 1996
- H.R. 1149 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the nonrecognition of gain on the sale of a principal residence if the taxpayer…
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.