House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 1996
- Committee actionAug 1, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 11, 1996 · 414–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3863.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-775 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce 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/775
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3863, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3863, last updated July 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
30 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 30 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Borski (D-PA), William Clinger (R-PA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Jon Fox (R-PA), George Gekas (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), Tim Holden (D-PA), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Frank Mascara (D-PA), John McHugh (R-NY), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Enid Waldholtz (R-UT), J. Watts (R-OK), Curt Weldon (R-PA), Dick Zimmer (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1045 (104th) To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 470 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Education should play a more active role in monitoring and enforcing…
- H.R. 3049 (104th) To amend section 1505 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the continuity of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of…
- H.Con.Res. 108 (104th) To correct technical errors in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1594.
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.