House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 1996
- Committee actionSep 12, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 24, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3217.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-815 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 20, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/815
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3217, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
138ea1891fe23270b6b7a475f70b23ec3598d6b30acb2548ed6bef0e62849c01
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3217, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
39 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 26 Democrats
26 of 39 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Michael Flanagan (R-IL), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Martin Hoke (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Martin Meehan (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Constance Morella (R-MD), James Oberstar (D-MN), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Tom Petri (R-WI), Jack Quinn (R-NY) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven LaTourette.
- H.R. 3864 (104th) General Accounting Office Act of 1996
- H.R. 4283 (104th) National Invasive Species Act of 1996
- H.R. 4133 (104th) To designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "Carl B.…
- H.R. 4028 (104th) Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1996
- H.R. 3384 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deposit of the general revenue portion of the motor fuel excise taxes into…
- H.R. 1206 (104th) Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Reauthorization Act
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.