Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-275
Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996
Became law on Oct 9, 1996.
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Dole R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 1996
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed SenateSep 28, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 28, 1996 · without objection
- To the PresidentOct 2, 1996
- Became lawOct 9, 1996
Latest action: Oct 9, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-275.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1711.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-371 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 24, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/371
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1711, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1711
- 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- S. 273 (104th) A bill to amend section 61h-6, of title 2, United States Code.
- S.Res. 115 (104th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that America's World War II veterans and their families are deserving of this nation's…
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.