House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-92

Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997

H.R. 1377Introduced Apr 17, 1997Policy area: Labor and Employment

Became law on Nov 19, 1997.

Sponsor: Rep. Harris Fawell R-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 17, 1997
Committee actionMay 14, 1997
Passed HouseMay 21, 1997 · by voice vote
Passed SenateNov 7, 1997 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesNov 9, 1997
To the PresidentNov 10, 1997
Became lawNov 19, 1997

Latest action: Nov 19, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-92.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1377.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1377, Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997” on November 14, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 9, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 1997 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10626
CBO publication date
November 14, 1997
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1377, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1377
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-104 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 20, 1997.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 1997 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/104
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1377, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1377
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1377, last updated March 23, 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

35 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 17 Democrats

18 of 35 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.

Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), William Clay (D-MO), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), James Greenwood (R-PA), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Howard McKeon (R-CA), George Miller (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Major Owens (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Tom Petri (R-WI), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), H. Saxton (R-NJ) and 5 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harris Fawell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-13 district

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