House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-169
National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act
Became law on Aug 3, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Wolf R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 1995
- Committee actionNov 8, 1995
- Passed HouseMar 5, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 17, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 22, 1996
- To the PresidentJul 23, 1996
- Became lawAug 3, 1996
Latest action: Aug 3, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-169.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 497.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-440 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 22, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/440
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 497, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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
143 cosponsors — 94 Republicans, 48 Democrats, 1 independent
50 of 143 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Peter Blute (R-MA), David Bonior (D-MI), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Glen Browder (D-AL), Sam Brownback (R-KS), John Bryant (D-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Michael Castle (R-DE), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Dick Chrysler (R-MI), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), Mac Collins (R-GA), John Conyers (D-MI) and 113 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf.
- H.R. 782 (104th) Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act of 1996
- H.R. 2002 (104th) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996
- H.R. 3675 (104th) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997
- H.Res. 515 (104th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the persecution of Christians worldwide.
- H.J.Res. 96 (104th) Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.
- H.R. 763 (104th) Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields Partnership Act of 1995
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.