House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 1997
- Committee actionSep 16, 1998
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 1998 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1608.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1608, A bill to authorize the Pyramid of Rememberance Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars” on September 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 16, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11165
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1608, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1608
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b31bb8c412ee2986a3227d302cc4a6d0c4c66747571864bd18d59c669cb2c39c
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-753 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 28, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/753
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1608, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1608
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b31bb8c412ee2986a3227d302cc4a6d0c4c66747571864bd18d59c669cb2c39c
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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
80 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 40 Democrats
41 of 80 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Howard Berman (D-CA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Phil English (R-PA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Bill Goodling (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Steve Horn (R-CA) and 50 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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