House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Fire Administration Authorization Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Steven Schiff R-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 1997
- Committee actionApr 16, 1997
- Passed HouseApr 23, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1272.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-62 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on April 21, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/62
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1272, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
James Barcia (D-MI), George Brown (D-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Constance Morella (R-MD), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Pete Sessions (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Schiff.
- H.R. 1273 (105th) National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 2361 (105th) To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the "three strikes" life sentence.
- H.R. 1424 (105th) Petroglyph National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act
- H.Res. 389 (105th) Celebrating the "New Mexico Cuartocentenario", the 400th anniversary commemoration of the first permanent Spanish settlement in New Mexico.
- H.R. 797 (105th) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the amount that a multicandidate political committee may contribute to a…
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.