House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-164
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions under those Acts, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.
Became law on Jul 21, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Benjamin Gilman R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 1996
- Committee actionApr 16, 1996
- Passed HouseApr 16, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 27, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 9, 1996
- To the PresidentJul 10, 1996
- Became lawJul 21, 1996
Latest action: Jul 21, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-164.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3121.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-519 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/519
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3121, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3121
- 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Benjamin Gilman.
- H.R. 3107 (104th) Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996
- H.R. 3916 (104th) To make available certain Voice of America and Radio Marti multilingual computer readable text and voice recordings.
- H.R. 3870 (104th) To authorize the Agency for International Development to offer voluntary separation incentive payments to employees of that agency.
- H.R. 2161 (104th) To extend authorities under the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 until October 1, 1995, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2404 (104th) To extend authorities under the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 until November 1, 1995, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2589 (104th) To extend authorities under the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 until December 31, 1995, 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.