Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-130

Line Item Veto Act

S. 4Introduced Jan 4, 1995Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Became law on Apr 9, 1996.

Sponsor: Sen. Robert Dole R-KS

Open in Bill Explorer →

Where it went

IntroducedJan 4, 1995
Committee actionFeb 14, 1995
Passed SenateMar 23, 1995 · 69–29
Passed HouseMay 17, 1995 · without objection
Resolving differencesSep 27, 1995
To the PresidentMar 28, 1996
Became lawApr 9, 1996

Latest action: Apr 9, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-130.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4.

Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-9 ↗; H. Rept. 104-491 ↗; S. Rept. 104-13 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 7, 1995 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/9
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/491
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/13
Congress.gov bill record
S. 4, 104th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/4
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 29, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
847a19eb98b31a64a69768b250e37de283ecd72cf317a2618592cda4d2cbfa0b
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.

Sent to: Budget Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 4, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 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

29 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 29 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.

John Ashcroft (R-MO), Christopher Bond (R-MO), George Brown (R-CO), Conrad Burns (R-MT), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Gramm (R-TX), Rod Grams (R-MN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Donald Nickles (R-OK), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Robert Smith (R-NH), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Craig Thomas (R-WY), John Warner (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Robert Dole.

Sponsor’s state and district

Kansas in Congress

Open in Bill Explorer →

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.