Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-4
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 1995
- Committee actionJan 9, 1995
- Passed SenateJan 27, 1995 · 86–10
- Passed HouseFeb 1, 1995 · without objection
- Resolving differencesFeb 3, 1995
- To the PresidentMar 21, 1995
- Became lawMar 22, 1995
Latest action: Mar 22, 1995 — Became Public Law No: 104-4.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-1 ↗; S. Rept. 104-2 ↗; H. Rept. 104-76 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 9, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/1
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/2
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/76 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1
- 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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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
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
60 cosponsors — 49 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 60 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), John Breaux (D-LA), George Brown (R-CO), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), William Cohen (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Robert Dole (R-KS), Pete Domenici (R-NM), John Exon (D-NE), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Frist (R-TN), John Glenn (D-OH), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), William Gramm (R-TX), Rod Grams (R-MN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Hatfield (R-OR), Howell Heflin (D-AL) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Dirk Kempthorne.
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- S.J.Res. 17 (104th) A joint resolution naming the CVN-76 aircraft carrier as the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan.
- S. 1364 (104th) Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1995
- S. 1366 (104th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction from the gross estate of a decedent in an amount equal to the value…
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.