House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 1997
- Committee actionSep 18, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 30, 1997 · 307–120
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 1998 — Cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56-39. Record Vote No: 148. (consideration: CR S5564)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1270.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1270, Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997” on September 25, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 18, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10390
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1270, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1270
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
983d86e2bb0e8fcd8f2af2481cb988305afd2f1836d74c907c2373f281cde200
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1270, Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997” on October 20, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 8, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10472
- CBO publication date
- October 20, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1270, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1270
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
983d86e2bb0e8fcd8f2af2481cb988305afd2f1836d74c907c2373f281cde200
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-290,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 105-290,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/290
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/290 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1270, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1270
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
983d86e2bb0e8fcd8f2af2481cb988305afd2f1836d74c907c2373f281cde200
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1270, 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
166 cosponsors — 118 Republicans, 48 Democrats
50 of 166 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Donna Christensen (D-VI), James Clyburn (D-SC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mac Collins (R-GA), John Conyers (D-MI) and 136 more.
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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.