House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-62
Philanthropy Protection Act of 1995
Became law on Dec 8, 1995.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Fields R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 24, 1995
- Committee actionNov 1, 1995
- Passed HouseNov 28, 1995 · 421–0
- Passed SenateNov 29, 1995 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 30, 1995
- Became lawDec 8, 1995
Latest action: Dec 8, 1995 — Became Public Law No: 104-62.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2519.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-333 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 10, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 10, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/333
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2519, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2519
- 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
26 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 10 Democrats
11 of 26 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), John Bryant (D-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Robert Cramer (D-AL), John Dingell (D-MI), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Daniel Frisa (R-NY), David Funderburk (R-NC), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Ralph Hall (R-TX), J. Hastert (R-IL), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Bob Inglis (R-SC), John Lewis (D-GA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), James Quillen (R-TN), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Bob Stump (R-AZ), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Fields.
- H.R. 3005 (104th) National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996
- H.R. 558 (104th) Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act
- H.R. 44 (104th) Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1993
- H.R. 1496 (104th) Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 1995
- H.R. 2979 (104th) Public Broadcasting Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996
- H.R. 2131 (104th) Capital Markets Deregulation and Liberalization 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.