House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 1997
- Committee actionMar 24, 1998
- Passed HouseApr 23, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1252.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1252, Judicial Reform Act of 1997” on April 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10713
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1252, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1252
- 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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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-478 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 1, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/478
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1252, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ebf7f921dda51dc60047673b9cb1f7b444a89c5a79bf84a5fe041e2f30cf7483
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1252, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sonny Bono (R-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Charles Canady (R-FL), Howard Coble (R-NC), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Frank Riggs (R-CA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI).
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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.