House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 12, 1995
- Committee actionMay 1, 1996
- Passed HouseMay 21, 1996 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2765.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-547 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 1, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/547
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2765, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2765
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
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- H.R. 1915 (104th) Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995
- H.Res. 484 (104th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the major television networks should revive their traditional "Family Hour" and…
- H.R. 3277 (104th) Regulatory Accountability Act of 1996
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.