House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
United States Armed Forces Protection Act of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 1996
- Committee actionMay 1, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 5, 1996 · 299–109
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3308.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-642 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on June 27, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/642
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3308, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3308
- 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Republicans
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dick Armey (R-TX), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Terry Everett (R-AL), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), James Hansen (R-UT), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Wally Herger (R-CA), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Martin Hoke (R-OH), John Hostettler (R-IN), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jay Kim (R-CA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), George Radanovich (R-CA), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Floyd Spence (R-SC), Jim Talent (R-MO), William Thornberry (R-TX), Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), Peter Torkildsen (R-MA), J. Watts (R-OK), Curt Weldon (R-PA).
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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.