Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 1995
- Committee actionApr 17, 1996
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 1996 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 505.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 969.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-326 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 19, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/326
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 969, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/969
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 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
51 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 33 Democrats
19 of 51 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Ben Campbell (R-CO), William Cohen (R-ME), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), William Frist (R-TN), John Glenn (D-OH), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. William Bradley.
- S.Res. 282 (104th) A resolution to designate October 10, 1996, as the "Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence".
- S.Res. 74 (104th) A resolution commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.
- S.Res. 68 (104th) A resolution relating to impact on local governments.
- S.Res. 180 (104th) A resolution proclaiming October 15, 1995, through October 21, 1995, as the "Week Without Violence", and for other purposes.
- S. 223 (104th) Sterling Forest Protection Act of 1995
- S. 611 (104th) A bill to authorize extension of time limitation for a FERC-issued hydroelectric license.
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.