House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Deepwater Port Modernization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 1996
- Committee actionJun 27, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 18, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 1996 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2940.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-692 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 18, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/692
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2940, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2940
- 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), William Jefferson (D-LA), Jim McCrery (R-LA), W. Tauzin (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 578 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat geological, geophysical, and surface casing costs like intangible drilling and…
- H.R. 633 (104th) To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to clarify the financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities.
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.