House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 1997
- Committee actionJul 16, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 28, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1596.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-208 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 28, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/208
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1596, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1596
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1596, 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
15 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 15 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), George Brown (D-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Jane Harman (D-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Jay Kim (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Owen Pickett (D-VA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Gekas.
- H.R. 872 (105th) Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998
- H.R. 2744 (105th) For the relief of Chong Ho Kwak.
- H.R. 3150 (105th) Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998
- H.R. 1544 (105th) Federal Agency Compliance Act
- H.R. 2440 (105th) To make technical amendments to section 10 of title 9, United States Code.
- H.R. 1953 (105th) To clarify State authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees.
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.