A bill to authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.
Public Law 104-274 · S. 1577 · 104th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 9, 1996 · Arts, Culture, Religion
Sponsor: Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-OR)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Paul Sarbanes
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Authorizes appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for FY 1998 through 2001.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Oct 9, 1996Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 104-274.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Sep 30, 1996PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 27, 1996FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Mica moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 25, 1996FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 19, 1996CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Apr 18, 1996CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Mar 1, 1996CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Feb 27, 1996CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.