Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
An Act to establish a Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Courts of Appeals.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 1995
- Committee actionDec 7, 1995
- Passed SenateMar 20, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 1996 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 956.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-197 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 7, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/197
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 956, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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
8 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mark Hatfield (R-OR), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Robert Packwood (R-OR), Theodore Stevens (R-AK).
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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.