House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Eastern Wilderness Act of 1998
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 1997
- Committee actionNov 5, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 12, 1998 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 458.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1567.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1567, Eastern Wilderness Act of 1997” on January 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on November 5, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 6, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10615
- CBO publication date
- January 6, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1567, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1567
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-814 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 12, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 12, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/814
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1567, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1567
- 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Chris Cannon (R-UT), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), John Ensign (R-NV), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Doc Hastings (R-WA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Rick Hill (R-MT), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Ron Packard (R-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Dan Schaefer (R-CO), Robert Schaffer (R-CO), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Joseph Skeen (R-NM), Robert Smith (R-OR), Bob Stump (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Hansen.
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- H.Res. 506 (105th) Providing amounts for further expenses of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the second session of the One Hundred Fifth…
- H.R. 4735 (105th) Omnibus Parks Technical Corrections Act of 1998
- H.R. 3868 (105th) Bipartisan NO Tobacco for Kids 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.