House concurrent resolution · 105th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should work more aggressively to attack the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders and criminals serving abbreviated sentences.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 1997
- Committee actionJun 18, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 29, 1997 · 400–24
- Passed SenateJun 15, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: Jun 16, 1998 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 75.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-157 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 26, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/157
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 75, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hconres/75
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 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
75 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 40 Democrats
34 of 75 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Richard Baker (R-LA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mac Collins (R-GA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Jim Davis (D-FL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Dingell (D-MI), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Lane Evans (D-IL), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Virgil Goode (R-VA) and 45 more.
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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.