House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-143
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 1997
- Committee actionJul 16, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 4, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 9, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 13, 1997
- To the PresidentDec 5, 1997
- Became lawDec 15, 1997
Latest action: Dec 15, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-143.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1604.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-352 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 29, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 29, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/352
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1604, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1604
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6750c03c5b2b1150bcf906156f48577b5f5aeab8aa017ec131bfa9c5267dc5ab
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1604, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Bart Stupak (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dale Kildee.
- H.R. 948 (105th) Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act
- H.R. 1173 (105th) Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 1997
- H.R. 2504 (105th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers for the marked…
- H.R. 3293 (105th) Women's Higher Education Opportunity Act of 1998
- H.R. 1732 (105th) To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the…
- H.R. 1733 (105th) Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area 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.