House bill · 104th Congress · Latest step: To the President

Work Opportunity Act of 1995

H.R. 4Introduced Jan 4, 1995Policy area: Social Welfare

Sponsor: Rep. E. Shaw R-FL

Where it went

IntroducedJan 4, 1995
Committee actionMay 26, 1995
Passed HouseMar 24, 1995 · 234–199
Passed SenateSep 19, 1995 · 87–12
Resolving differencesOct 24, 1995
To the PresidentDec 29, 1995
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 22, 1996 — On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Ways and Means. Agreed to without objection.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4.

Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-96 ↗; H. Rept. 104-430 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on June 9, 1995.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 1995 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/430
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4, 104th Congress
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September 8, 2026
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Congress.gov noteThis bill had multiple sponsors.
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H.R. 4, 104th Congress
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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

120 cosponsors — 119 Republicans, 1 Democrat

0 of 120 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Dick Chrysler (R-MI), William Clinger (R-PA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Wes Cooley (R-OR), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and 90 more.

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

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