House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-85
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
Became law on Nov 18, 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. Floyd Spence R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 1997
- Committee actionJun 11, 1997
- Passed HouseJun 25, 1997 · 304–120
- Passed SenateJul 11, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 22, 1997
- To the PresidentNov 6, 1997
- Became lawNov 18, 1997
Latest action: Nov 18, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-85.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1119.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-132 ↗; H. Rept. 105-340 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on June 16, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/132
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/340 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1119, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1119
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90355b53ac2d90a6ca0170bc23a32b42815bd286d0c90dba1a40bbb17d21f470
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Floyd Spence.
- H.R. 3616 (105th) Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
- H.Res. 612 (105th) Expressing unequivocal support for the men and women of our Armed Forces who are currently carrying out missions in and around the Persian…
- H.R. 1778 (105th) Defense Reform Act of 1997
- H.R. 1945 (105th) To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain manufacturing equipment.
- H.R. 2148 (105th) To suspend temporarily the duty on certain other single viscose rayon yarn.
- H.Res. 57 (105th) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on National Security in the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
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.