Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-182
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 1995
- Committee actionOct 24, 1995
- Passed SenateNov 29, 1995 · 99–0
- Passed HouseJul 17, 1996 · without objection
- Resolving differencesJul 18, 1996
- To the PresidentAug 2, 1996
- Became lawAug 6, 1996
Latest action: Aug 6, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-182.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1316.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-169 ↗; H. Rept. 104-741 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on November 7, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/169
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/741 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1316, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1316, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
40 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
12 of 40 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Conrad Burns (R-MT), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), William Cohen (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Larry Craig (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Robert Dole (R-KS), Pete Domenici (R-NM), John Exon (D-NE), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), William Frist (R-TN), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Hatfield (R-OR), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Connie Mack (R-FL), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Dirk Kempthorne.
- S. 1 (104th) Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
- S.Res. 251 (104th) A resolution to commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as…
- S.Res. 77 (104th) A resolution to commemorate the 1995 National Peace Officers Memorial Day.
- 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.