House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-288

United States National Tourism Organization Act of 1996

H.R. 2579Introduced Nov 2, 1995Policy area: Commerce

Became law on Oct 11, 1996.

Sponsor: Rep. Toby Roth R-WI

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 2, 1995
Committee actionJul 24, 1996
Passed HouseSep 26, 1996 · by voice vote
Passed SenateSep 28, 1996 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentOct 2, 1996
Became lawOct 11, 1996

Latest action: Oct 11, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-288.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2579.

Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-839 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 25, 1996.
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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

264 cosponsors — 127 Republicans, 135 Democrats, 2 independents

139 of 264 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), James Barcia (D-MI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Glen Browder (D-AL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunn (R-OR), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI) and 234 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Toby Roth.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress · WI-8 district

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