House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-201
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
Became law on Sep 23, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Floyd Spence R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 1996
- Committee actionMay 1, 1996
- Passed HouseMay 15, 1996 · 272–153
- Passed SenateJul 10, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 30, 1996
- To the PresidentSep 13, 1996
- Became lawSep 23, 1996
Latest action: Sep 23, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-201.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3230.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-563 ↗; H. Rept. 104-724 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 7, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 7, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/563
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/724 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3230, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3230
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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. Floyd Spence.
- H.R. 1350 (104th) Maritime Security Act of 1996
- H.R. 7 (104th) National Security Revitalization Act
- H.R. 1530 (104th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- H.Con.Res. 1 (104th) Recognizing the sacrifice and courage of Army Warrant Officers David Hilemon and Bobby W. Hall II, whose helicopter was shot down over…
- H.R. 1347 (104th) Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- H.R. 1346 (104th) To amend the guarantee fee provisions of the Federal Ship Mortgage Insurance program in the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
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.