House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 1997
- Committee actionJul 9, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 6, 1997 · 378–38
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 1997 — Laid on the table. See S. 1026 for further action. (consideration: CR H8397)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1370.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-224 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 31, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/224
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1370, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1370
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3881a297af449b13dd0d840b9eed98707c11f634e454263c0eb211e42da79578
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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
12 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 12 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), John LaFalce (D-NY), Jim Leach (R-IA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James Maloney (D-CT), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Jack Metcalf (R-WA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 816 (105th) Federal No Frills Prisons Act of 1997
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.