Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-146
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 1995
- Committee actionMar 29, 1995
- Passed SenateJul 27, 1995 · 97–3
- Passed HouseSep 18, 1995 · without objection
- Resolving differencesMar 27, 1996
- To the PresidentMay 8, 1996
- Became lawMay 20, 1996
Latest action: May 20, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-146.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 641.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 104-545 ↗; S. Rept. 104-25 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 3, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 3, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/545
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/25 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 641, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/641
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
170c2f39db1865b822db2f52ebd3758cb563a071358cbceeba225bd3e1244a25
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 July 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 641, last updated July 2, 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
65 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 2 independents
39 of 65 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), George Brown (R-CO), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Ben Campbell (R-CO), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), William Cohen (R-ME), Larry Craig (R-ID), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Robert Dole (R-KS), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), William Frist (R-TN), John Glenn (D-OH), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Hatfield (R-OR) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1324 (104th) Organ and Bone Marrow Transplant Program Reauthorization Act of 1996
- S. 773 (104th) Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996
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.