House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of any member of the Armed Forces who is HIV-positive.
Sponsor: Rep. Peter Torkildsen R-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 1996
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Feb 15, 1996 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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
161 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 127 Democrats, 2 independents
130 of 161 cosponsors (81%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Baldacci (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), John Bryant (D-TX), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), William Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), John Conyers (D-MI), William Coyne (D-PA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL) and 131 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Torkildsen.
- H.R. 1358 (104th) To require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory…
- H.R. 2715 (104th) Paperwork Elimination Act of 1996
- H.R. 1029 (104th) To improve the enforcement of child support obligations in both intrastate and interstate cases by requiring the imposition and execution…
- H.R. 2447 (104th) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit nonparty multicandidate political committees from making contributions to…
- H.R. 2471 (104th) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the amount that a nonparty multicandidate political committee may contribute…
- H.R. 2188 (104th) To establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex National Heritage Area Commission, and for other purposes.
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.