House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-12
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 1997
- Committee actionMar 20, 1997
- Passed HouseApr 10, 1997 · 398–16
- Passed SenateApr 16, 1997 · 99–0
- To the PresidentApr 18, 1997
- Became lawApr 30, 1997
Latest action: Apr 30, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-12.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1003.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-46 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 8, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 8, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/46
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1003, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 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
118 cosponsors — 100 Republicans, 18 Democrats
101 of 118 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Charles Canady (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Gary Condit (D-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), John Doolittle (R-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and 88 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Hall.
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- H.R. 4519 (105th) To authorize the President to consent to third party transfer of the ex-USS Bowman County to the USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc.
- H.Con.Res. 323 (105th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should be an elected officer of the Federal Government.
- H.J.Res. 127 (105th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish an elected Officer of the United States with the…
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.