House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-155
Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996
Became law on Jul 3, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Hyde R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 1996
- Committee actionJun 11, 1996
- Passed HouseJun 18, 1996 · 422–0
- Passed SenateJun 26, 1996 · 98–0
- Resolving differencesJun 27, 1996
- To the PresidentJul 3, 1996
- Became lawJul 3, 1996
Latest action: Jul 3, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-155.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3525.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-621 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 17, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/621
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3525, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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 April 7, 2025). 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
94 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 55 Democrats, 1 independent
57 of 94 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Peter Blute (R-MA), David Bonior (D-MI), John Bryant (D-TX), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Barbara-Rose Collins (D-MI), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Thomas Davis (R-VA), John Dingell (D-MI), Julian Dixon (D-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL) and 64 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Hyde.
- H.R. 2525 (104th) Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act of 1995
- H.R. 2297 (104th) To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.
- H.R. 4194 (104th) Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996
- H.R. 956 (104th) Product Liability Fairness Act of 1995
- H.R. 2703 (104th) Effective Death Penalty and Public Safety Act of 1996
- H.R. 4164 (104th) To provide for the extension of certain authority for the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police.
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.