House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 1997
- Committee actionSep 25, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 7, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 1997 — Laid on the table. See S. 830 for further action. (consideration: CR H8500)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1411.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1411, Prescription Drug User Fee Reauthorization and Drug Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997” on October 1, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 25, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10427
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1411, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1411
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
058d942d62f98b9305b30b1187b37729b4435fe7d65e1b5671e559874e0db9ba
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-310 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 7, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/310
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1411, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1411
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
058d942d62f98b9305b30b1187b37729b4435fe7d65e1b5671e559874e0db9ba
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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
16 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 16 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), James Greenwood (R-PA), J. Hastert (R-IL), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Scott Klug (R-WI), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), Paul McHale (D-PA), David Price (D-NC), Gerald Solomon (R-NY), William Thomas (R-CA), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4449 (105th) Satellite Access to Local Stations Act
- H.R. 964 (105th) To authorize the marketing of breast self-examination pads without restriction.
- H.R. 4383 (105th) National Uniformity for Food Act of 1998
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.