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House resolution · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Commemorating the 12th anniversary of the 1996 shooting down of 2 unarmed Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft, licensed by the United States, by the Cuban regime.

H.Res. 995Introduced Feb 25, 2008Policy area: International Affairs
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 25, 2008 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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

39 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 12 Democrats

12 of 39 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.

Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Ron Klein (D-FL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Connie Mack (R-FL), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and 9 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-25 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.