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PUBLIC LAW 104-134 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BILL NO. 3019 OF 1996 AS SIGNED ON APRIL 26, 1996

AS CODIFIED IN 110 UNITED STATES STATUTES 1321, 1321-66

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The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 was enacted in 1996 following congressional approval of House of Representatives Bill No. 3019 [hereinafter referred to as “H.R. 3019”], which enacted the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996.  (See Exhibit A, #1)  H.R. 3019 was introduced on March 5, 1996 by Representative Robert Livingston of Louisiana, who served as chair of the House Appropriations Committee at this time.  (See Exhibit A, #3a and #8)

The complicated background driving this legislation was provided in the Congressional Quarterly, which set forth the following backdrop summary:

   Passage [of H.R. 3019] closed the books on fiscal 1996 and ended one of the longest and most polarized debates over appropriations in modern budget history.  The battle of attrition had triggered two politically destructive government shutdowns and 14 stopgap spending bills

(See Exhibit A, #7, page 10-5)