House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 30, 1996
- Committee actionJul 17, 1996
- Passed HouseJul 30, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 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. 3557.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-702 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 24, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/702
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3557, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3557
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3557, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Hilliard.
- H.Res. 285 (104th) To recognize and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- H.Res. 487 (104th) Recognizing Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama, as a symbol of the struggle for and achievement of voting…
- H.R. 1205 (104th) Marion National Aquaculture Research Center Act of 1995
- H.R. 1367 (104th) To change election day to the first Saturday in November of each even-numbered year.
- H.R. 3329 (104th) Small Business Enhancement Act of 1996
- H.R. 3330 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.
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.