House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Goodlatte R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 1995
- Committee actionMar 12, 1996
- Passed HouseJun 4, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 1996 — Laid on the table. See S. 1136 for further action.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2511.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-556 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 6, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/556
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2511, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2511
- 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
14 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 14 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Sonny Bono (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Michael Flanagan (R-IL), Barney Frank (D-MA), George Gekas (R-PA), Frederick Heineman (R-NC), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Carlos Moorhead (R-CA), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Goodlatte.
- H.R. 1279 (104th) National Right-to-Work Act
- H.R. 3011 (104th) Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act
- H.R. 2938 (104th) Charitable Medical Care Act of 1996
- H.R. 575 (104th) To amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that annuities for Members of Congress be computed under the same formula…
- H.R. 1615 (104th) Franking Reduction Act of 1995
- H.R. 1165 (104th) To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Montgomery, Roanoke, and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia, as part 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.