House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act Amendments of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 1996
- Committee actionSep 12, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 18, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 1996 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4040.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-794 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure 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/794
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4040, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/4040
- 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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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.
James Oberstar (D-MN), Tom Petri (R-WI), Nick Rahall (D-WV).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bud Shuster.
- H.R. 3159 (104th) National Transportation Safety Board Amendments of 1996
- H.R. 2594 (104th) Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments Act of 1996
- H.R. 2539 (104th) ICC Termination Act of 1995
- H.R. 3539 (104th) Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996
- H.R. 842 (104th) Truth in Budgeting Act
- H.R. 3923 (104th) Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996
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.