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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the orphan drug credit.

H.R. 1169Introduced Mar 20, 1997Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Johnson R-CT
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 5, 1997 — See H.R.2014.

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

101 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 58 Democrats, 1 independent

60 of 101 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Gary Condit (D-CA), William Coyne (D-PA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and 71 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Johnson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress

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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.