House bill · 104th Congress · Latest step: To the President
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 1995
- Committee actionFeb 23, 1995
- Passed HouseMar 10, 1995 · 265–161
- Passed SenateMay 10, 1995 · 61–37
- Resolving differencesDec 15, 1995
- To the PresidentApr 30, 1996
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 1996 — On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Judiciary. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 956.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-64 ↗; H. Rept. 104-481 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 3, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 3, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/64
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/481 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 956, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c495a7f196b86d9bd933452e8166d30808343768c835e239e260743e14e202d
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Hyde.
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- H.R. 2525 (104th) Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act of 1995
- H.R. 2297 (104th) To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.
- H.R. 4194 (104th) Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996
- H.R. 2703 (104th) Effective Death Penalty and Public Safety Act of 1996
- H.R. 4164 (104th) To provide for the extension of certain authority for the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police.
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.