House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Securities and Exchange Commission Authorization Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 1997
- Committee actionJul 23, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 13, 1997 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1262.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-274 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 26, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/274
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1262, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1262, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Thomas Bliley (R-VA), John Dingell (D-MI), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Oxley.
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.