House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 1995
- Committee actionJul 18, 1995
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 29, 1996 — Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 368 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 994 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit. Upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to consider the bill in the Committee of the Whole. Bill is open to amendments. In lieu of the amendments recommended by the Committee on Government Reform now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record of March 1, 1996 as No. 1. Specified points of order against the substitute shall be waived. Additional amendments printed in the Congressional Record shall have priority for consideration. Upon passage of the bill, the previous House action on S. 219 shall be vacated. It shall be in order to take S. 219 from the Speaker's table and consider the bill in the House. It shall be in or...
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 994.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-284,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 104-284,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/284
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/284 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 994, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/994
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3234872a98d976f2637032fd0e5f0c7514a47e91744525bb5ec5d8734b702edc
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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
48 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 13 Democrats
34 of 48 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Gary Condit (D-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jon Fox (R-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Pete Geren (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Steve Largent (R-OK), Tom Latham (R-IA), Greg Laughlin (R-TX), Frank Lucas (R-OK), John McHugh (R-NY) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.