House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-231
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
Became law on Oct 2, 1996.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 1996
- Committee actionJul 25, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 17, 1996 · 402–0
- Passed SenateSep 18, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 20, 1996
- Became lawOct 2, 1996
Latest action: Oct 2, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-231.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3802.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-795 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 17, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/795
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3802, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
95f65949289417d7e38a489324aafd3a79b17f5c1019a9daaefb2b0a0d3ff66e
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of March 23, 2026). 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Steve Horn (R-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Collin Peterson (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Tate.
- H.R. 4011 (104th) Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 1996
- H.R. 3345 (104th) Drive Away From Ethanol Welfare Act of 1996
- H.R. 2089 (104th) To provide for a change in the exemption from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors between 16 and…
- H.R. 3447 (104th) Congressional Pension Integrity Act of 1996
- H.R. 839 (104th) Stop Regulating our Small Businesses Act of 1995
- H.R. 2898 (104th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens removed from the United States as illegal entrants or immigration…
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.