Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-59
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 1995
- Committee actionMay 10, 1995
- Passed SenateJun 22, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseSep 20, 1995 · without objection
- Resolving differencesSep 22, 1995
- To the PresidentNov 24, 1995
- Became lawNov 28, 1995
Latest action: Nov 28, 1995 — Became Public Law No: 104-59.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 440.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-86 ↗; H. Rept. 104-345 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on May 22, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/86
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/345 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 440, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/440
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). 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
33 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 16 Democrats, 1 independent
17 of 33 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
John Ashcroft (R-MO), Max Baucus (D-MT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Richard Bryan (D-NV), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Robert Dole (R-KS), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), John Exon (D-NE), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), John Johnston (D-LA), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Claiborne Pell (D-RI), Harry Reid (D-NV) and 3 more.
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.