House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
To permit exports of certain domestically produced crude oil, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. William Thomas R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 1995
- Committee actionMay 17, 1995
- Passed HouseJul 24, 1995 · 324–77
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 1995 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 155.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 70.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-139 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 15, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 15, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/139
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 70, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/70
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
559357640357f9fba9b7de8407bbfe681b7f593e8137bbdd0d1034fe1fc23203
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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
76 cosponsors — 58 Republicans, 18 Democrats
23 of 76 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Bob Clement (D-TN), Larry Combest (R-TX), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Frank Cremeans (R-OH), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Jack Fields (R-TX) and 46 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Thomas.
- H.R. 2685 (104th) To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank.
- H.R. 2527 (104th) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to improve the electoral process by permitting electronic filing and preservation of…
- H.R. 2739 (104th) House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
- H.R. 1421 (104th) To provide that references in the statutes of the United States to any committee or officer of the House of Representatives the name or…
- H.R. 3058 (104th) Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1996
- H.Res. 107 (104th) Providing amounts for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Fourth Congress.
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.