House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-289
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 1995
- Committee actionJun 26, 1996
- Passed HouseJul 23, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 28, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 28, 1996
- To the PresidentSep 30, 1996
- Became lawOct 11, 1996
Latest action: Oct 11, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-289.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2779.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-639 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology 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/639
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2779, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2779
- 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
86 cosponsors — 70 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 86 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bill Baker (R-CA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Peter Blute (R-MA), John Boehner (R-OH), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Gary Condit (D-CA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Frank Cremeans (R-OH), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Mark Foley (R-FL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Greg Ganske (R-IA) and 56 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Cox.
- H.R. 4168 (104th) Helium Privatization Act of 1996
- H.Con.Res. 148 (104th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding missile tests and military exercises by the People's Republic of China.
- H.Con.Res. 51 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the removal of Russian troops from Kaliningrad.
- H.R. 3008 (104th) Helium Privatization Act of 1996
- H.R. 207 (104th) Cleveland National Forest Land Exchange Act of 1995
- H.Res. 461 (104th) Regarding U.S. concerns with human rights abuse, nuclear and chemical weapons proliferation, illegal weapons trading, military…
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.