House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law

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H.R. 842Introduced Feb 7, 1995Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 7, 1995
Committee actionMay 3, 1995
Passed HouseApr 17, 1996 · 284–143
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 18, 1996 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 842.

Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-499,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 104-499,Part 2 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 1996 ↗
Evidence
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 842, 104th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 842, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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

225 cosponsors — 131 Republicans, 93 Democrats, 1 independent

99 of 225 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Dick Chrysler (R-MI) and 195 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bud Shuster.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-9 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.