Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Electronic Freedom of Information Improvement Act of 1996
Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 1995
- Committee actionApr 25, 1996
- Passed SenateSep 17, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 1996 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1090.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-272 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 15, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/272
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1090, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1090
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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 August 10, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy.
- S.J.Res. 38 (104th) A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact.
- S. 940 (104th) A bill to support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually eliminating antipersonnel landmines; to impose a moratorium…
- S. 1146 (104th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the excise tax treatment of draft cider.
- S. 1163 (104th) Northern Forest Stewardship Act
- S. 1587 (104th) Encrypted Communications Privacy Act of 1996
- S. 401 (104th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the excise tax treatment of hard apple cider.
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.