House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-177
Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act of 1996
Became law on Aug 6, 1996.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 1995
- Committee actionJul 12, 1995
- Passed HouseOct 24, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 25, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesAug 1, 1996
- To the PresidentAug 2, 1996
- Became lawAug 6, 1996
Latest action: Aug 6, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-177.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 782.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-230 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 5, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/230
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 782, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/782
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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
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.
- H.R. 497 (104th) National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act
- 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.