House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-114
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
Became law on Mar 12, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Burton R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 1995
- Committee actionJul 11, 1995
- Passed HouseSep 21, 1995 · 294–130
- Passed SenateOct 19, 1995 · 74–24
- Resolving differencesFeb 28, 1996
- To the PresidentMar 11, 1996
- Became lawMar 12, 1996
Latest action: Mar 12, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-114.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 927.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-468 ↗; H. Rept. 104-202 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on July 25, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/468
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/202 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 927, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/927
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
43 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 43 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Dornan (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), David Funderburk (R-NC), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Porter Goss (R-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), James Hansen (R-UT), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Jay Kim (R-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Burton.
- H.Res. 264 (104th) To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require greater disclosure of gifts.
- H.R. 1425 (104th) Human Rights in India Act
- H.Res. 314 (104th) To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to discourage frivolous ethics complaints.
- H.R. 3896 (104th) Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1996
- H.R. 2780 (104th) To specify the circumstances in which compensation may or may not be afforded to Federal and District of Columbia employees for the period…
- H.R. 1397 (104th) To authorize the President to transfer 28 F-16 aircraft and associated spare parts and support equipment to Pakistan pursuant to…
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.