Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 1995
- Committee actionDec 14, 1995
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 1995 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 284.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 426.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-190 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Rules and Administration Committee on December 19, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/190
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 426, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/426
- 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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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 — 8 Republicans, 19 Democrats, 2 independents
9 of 29 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), William Bradley (D-NJ), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Ben Campbell (R-CO), John Chafee (R-RI), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Connie Mack (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Robert Packwood (R-OR), Claiborne Pell (D-RI), Charles Robb (D-VA), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Paul Simon (D-IL), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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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.