House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-292
False Statements Accountability Act of 1996
Became law on Oct 11, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Martini R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 1996
- Committee actionJun 11, 1996
- Passed HouseJul 17, 1996 · 417–6
- Passed SenateJul 25, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 26, 1996
- To the PresidentSep 30, 1996
- Became lawOct 11, 1996
Latest action: Oct 11, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-292.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3166.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-680 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 16, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/680
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3166, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3166
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Henry Hyde (R-IL), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Martini.
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.