Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Tansportation to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel L. R. BEATTIE.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1995
- Committee actionMar 23, 1995
- Passed SenateJul 29, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 1996 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 172.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-55 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 18, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 18, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/55
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 172, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/172
- 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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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.