House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 1997
- Committee actionJun 18, 1997
- Passed HouseJun 23, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 1997 — For Further Action See S.813.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1532.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-142 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 21, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/142
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1532, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1532
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2d88739a627c2f3e4cd32c954b975e5c0abbd5f8e91ea1191f2de2b923aa9b2
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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
249 cosponsors — 156 Republicans, 93 Democrats
95 of 249 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), David Bonior (D-MI), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX) and 219 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1277 (105th) Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 1997
- H.R. 2866 (105th) Citizen Campaign Control Act of 1997
- H.Con.Res. 318 (105th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Trade Commission should exercise its broad authority under the Federal Trade…
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.