House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 1996
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed HouseJul 29, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 1996 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3846.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-715 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/715
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3846, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3846
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 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 August 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3846, last updated August 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 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
27 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 21 Democrats, 1 independent
22 of 27 cosponsors (81%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), George Brown (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), William Coyne (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Victor Frazer (I-VI), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Tony Hall (D-OH), Lee Hamilton (D-IN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), George Miller (D-CA), Bill Orton (D-UT), Donald Payne (D-NJ), L. Payne (D-VA), Patricia Schroeder (D-CO), Floyd Spence (R-SC), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Benjamin Gilman.
- H.R. 3107 (104th) Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996
- H.R. 3916 (104th) To make available certain Voice of America and Radio Marti multilingual computer readable text and voice recordings.
- H.R. 3121 (104th) To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security…
- H.R. 3870 (104th) To authorize the Agency for International Development to offer voluntary separation incentive payments to employees of that agency.
- H.R. 2161 (104th) To extend authorities under the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 until October 1, 1995, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2404 (104th) To extend authorities under the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 until November 1, 1995, and for other purposes.
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.