House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-290
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996
Became law on Oct 11, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Fields R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 1996
- Committee actionMay 15, 1996
- Passed HouseJun 19, 1996 · 407–8
- Passed SenateJun 27, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 28, 1996
- To the PresidentOct 3, 1996
- Became lawOct 11, 1996
Latest action: Oct 11, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-290.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3005.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-622 ↗; H. Rept. 104-864 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 17, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/622
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/864 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3005, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
34a5329fdc8291a2e4547f518073f812cde96ca70277cdd9227b639bda2237c8
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). 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. Jack Fields.
- H.R. 2519 (104th) Philanthropy Protection Act of 1995
- H.R. 558 (104th) Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act
- H.R. 44 (104th) Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1993
- H.R. 1496 (104th) Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 1995
- H.R. 2979 (104th) Public Broadcasting Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996
- H.R. 2131 (104th) Capital Markets Deregulation and Liberalization Act of 1995
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.