House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-57
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
Became law on Oct 9, 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. Don Young R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 1997
- Committee actionApr 30, 1997
- Passed HouseJun 3, 1997 · 407–1
- Passed SenateSep 10, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 23, 1997
- To the PresidentSep 30, 1997
- Became lawOct 9, 1997
Latest action: Oct 9, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-57.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1420.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-106 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 21, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/106
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1420, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Bob Clement (D-TN), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), George Miller (D-CA), H. Saxton (R-NJ), John Tanner (D-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Young.
- H.R. 39 (105th) African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 1948 (105th) Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 1997
- H.R. 2000 (105th) ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 3903 (105th) Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998
- H.R. 4068 (105th) To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 901 (105th) American Land Sovereignty Protection Act
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.