House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-135
To designate the Federal Justice Building in Miami, Florida, as the "James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building".
Became law on Apr 30, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Alcee Hastings D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 1995
- Committee actionNov 16, 1995
- Passed HouseDec 5, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateApr 16, 1996 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentApr 19, 1996
- Became lawApr 30, 1996
Latest action: Apr 30, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-135.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 255.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-361 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 28, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/361
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 255, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/255
- 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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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 437 (104th) Minimum Mandatory Sentence Modification Act
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.