House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act of 1996
Sponsor: Rep. Martin Hoke R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 1995
- Committee actionApr 25, 1996
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 1996 — House Committee on Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 4, 1996.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2740.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-656 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 27, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/656
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2740, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2740
- 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
50 cosponsors — 39 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 50 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Frank Cremeans (R-OH), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Jack Fields (R-TX), Michael Flanagan (R-IL), Daniel Frisa (R-NY), George Gekas (R-PA), Sam Gibbons (D-FL), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Gene Green (D-TX), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), David Hobson (R-OH), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Scott Klug (R-WI), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), William Lipinski (D-IL), Bill McCollum (R-FL) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Martin Hoke.
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- H.R. 2483 (104th) Defend America Act of 1995
- H.Res. 390 (104th) Freedom of Travel to Lebanon Act
- H.Con.Res. 107 (104th) Urging a home field advantage in the Major League Baseball league championship series.
- H.J.Res. 58 (104th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 1628 (104th) Defense Nuclear Programs Agency Organization 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.