House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-250
Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996
Became law on Oct 9, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. A. Allard R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 1995
- Committee actionSep 19, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 24, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 25, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 28, 1996
- Became lawOct 9, 1996
Latest action: Oct 9, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-250.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2508.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-823 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 24, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/823
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2508, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2508
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 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
171 cosponsors — 105 Republicans, 65 Democrats, 1 independent
65 of 171 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Bill Brewster (D-OK), George Brown (D-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), John Bryant (D-TX), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Charles Canady (R-FL), Michael Castle (R-DE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Dick Chrysler (R-MI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC) and 141 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. A. Allard.
- H.R. 2029 (104th) Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996
- H.R. 629 (104th) Fall River Visitor Center Act of 1995
- H.R. 40 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the deductibility of certain home office expenses.
- H.R. 791 (104th) To deny supplemental security income benefits by reason of disability based on addiction to alcohol or drugs.
- H.J.Res. 4 (104th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations bills.
- H.R. 1110 (104th) To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to limit the rate of…
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.