House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 1997
- Committee actionOct 7, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 22, 1997 · 248–178
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 1998 — By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 105-242. Minority views filed.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1534.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 1997” on October 20, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10471
- CBO publication date
- October 20, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1534, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ad4793bfaf954c576da5c444a8fb346dfea63823a37bf61d490d884ce11eb73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1534, Citizens Access to Justice Act of 1998” on March 11, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 26, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10657
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1534, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ad4793bfaf954c576da5c444a8fb346dfea63823a37bf61d490d884ce11eb73
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 105-242 ↗; H. Rept. 105-323 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 26, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/242
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/323 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1534, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ad4793bfaf954c576da5c444a8fb346dfea63823a37bf61d490d884ce11eb73
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1534, last updated August 10, 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
239 cosponsors — 198 Republicans, 41 Democrats
44 of 239 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), George Brown (D-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN) and 209 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.