House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Civilian Space Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 1997
- Committee actionApr 16, 1997
- Passed HouseApr 24, 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. 1275.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-65 ↗. 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/65
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1275, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1275
- 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), George Brown (D-CA), Walter Capps (D-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Charles Pickering (R-MS), James Traficant (D-OH), Dave Weldon (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.