House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the provisions of chapter 76 of that title (relating to missing persons) as in effect before the amendments made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Dornan R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 1996
- Committee actionSep 12, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 27, 1996 · 404–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 1996 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4000.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-806 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services 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/806
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4000, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/4000
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
271 cosponsors — 231 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 1 independent
41 of 271 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunn (R-OR) and 241 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Dornan.
- H.J.Res. 61 (104th) Naming the CVN-76 aircraft carrier as the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan.
- H.R. 860 (104th) Office of Surgeon General Termination Act
- H.R. 1625 (104th) Right to Life Act of 1995
- H.R. 2180 (104th) To repeal the Federal charter for the National Education Association.
- H.R. 862 (104th) To prohibit the use of Federal funds to promote homosexuality.
- H.R. 230 (104th) To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of certain anti-racketeering laws.
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.