House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 1997
- Committee actionJul 23, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 29, 1997 · 391–32
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1348.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-204 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 25, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/204
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1348, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1348
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1348, 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
55 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 55 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Richard Baker (R-LA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Cooksey (R-LA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jay Dickey (R-AR), John Doolittle (R-CA), Terry Everett (R-AL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ralph Hall (R-TX), James Hansen (R-UT), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Van Hilleary (R-TN), John Hostettler (R-IN), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Paul McHale (D-PA) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones.
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- H.J.Res. 100 (105th) Commending the personnel who served in the United States Navy Asiatic Fleet, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2019 (105th) Consumer Disclosure and Rental Purchase Agreement Act
- H.R. 2565 (105th) Pfiesteria Research Act of 1997
- H.R. 1290 (105th) Wetlands Restoration and Improvement Act of 1997
- H.R. 3882 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a member of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be treated as using 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.