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House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-177

Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act of 1996

H.R. 782Introduced Feb 1, 1995Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Aug 6, 1996.

Sponsor: Rep. Frank Wolf R-VA
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 6, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-177.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 782.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 782, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

28 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 16 Democrats

16 of 28 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.

Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Steve Horn (R-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Andrew Jacobs (D-IN), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), James Moran (D-VA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Bob Ney (R-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Owen Pickett (D-VA), Bill Richardson (D-NM), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Gerald Solomon (R-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-10 district

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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.