House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-179
Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1996
Became law on Aug 6, 1996.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 1996
- Committee actionApr 24, 1996
- Passed HouseJun 4, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 24, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 26, 1996
- Became lawAug 6, 1996
Latest action: Aug 6, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-179.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3235.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-595 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 29, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 29, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/595
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3235, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Canady.
- H.R. 1833 (104th) Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995
- H.R. 2564 (104th) Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
- H.R. 3435 (104th) Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1996
- H.R. 925 (104th) Private Property Protection Act of 1995
- H.Con.Res. 116 (104th) Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the enrollment of S. 1060.
- H.R. 3874 (104th) Civil Rights Commission Act of 1996
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.