House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement Act
Sponsor: Rep. Sonny Bono R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 1996
- Committee actionAug 1, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 10, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 1996 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3640.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-777 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 5, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 5, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/777
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3640, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3640
- 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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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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
George Brown (D-CA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sonny Bono.
- H.R. 1170 (104th) To provide that cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State referendum be heard by a 3-judge court.
- H.R. 3804 (104th) To remove the restriction on the distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente…
- H.R. 2602 (104th) Imported Food Labeling Act of 1995
- H.R. 2495 (104th) To expand the authority of the Secretary of Defense to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to support law…
- H.R. 3422 (104th) Fairness and Voluntary Arbitration Act of 1996
- H.R. 2759 (104th) Furlough Prevention Act of 1995
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.