House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
African Growth and Opportunity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 1997
- Committee actionJun 25, 1997
- Passed HouseMar 11, 1998 · 233–186
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 1998 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1432.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-423,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 105-423,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/423
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/423 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1432, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1432
- 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
53 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 44 Democrats
44 of 53 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Bob Clement (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Jon Fox (R-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Tony Hall (D-OH), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jefferson (D-LA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Scott Klug (R-WI) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Philip Crane.
- H.R. 3809 (105th) Drug Free Borders Act of 1998
- H.R. 4342 (105th) Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998
- H.R. 1463 (105th) To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Customs Service, the Office of the United States Trade Representative…
- H.Res. 601 (105th) Returning to the Senate the bill S. 361.
- H.R. 2622 (105th) Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1997
- H.R. 2499 (105th) Charitable Giving Relief 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.