House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-197
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997
Became law on Sep 16, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Ron Packard R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 1996
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 10, 1996 · 360–58
- Passed SenateJul 30, 1996 · 93–6
- Resolving differencesJul 31, 1996
- To the PresidentSep 5, 1996
- Became lawSep 16, 1996
Latest action: Sep 16, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-197.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3754.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-323 ↗; H. Rept. 104-657 ↗; H. Rept. 104-733 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Appropriations Committee on July 19, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/323
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/657
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/733 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3754, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3754
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3517b2608b98cf64d523943cb7dfec8165ce671260f4b9d4c9201dc7f20af81b
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Packard.
- H.R. 2492 (104th) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996
- H.R. 1854 (104th) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996
- H.R. 339 (104th) To provide for an increase in the number of Border Patrol agents, to provide for the deployment of Border Patrol agents at the southwest…
- H.R. 341 (104th) To prohibit direct Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits for illegal aliens.
- H.R. 338 (104th) Code Grabber Prohibition Act of 1994
- H.R. 340 (104th) To terminate certain Border Patrol traffic checkpoint operations in California.
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.