House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 1997
- Committee actionOct 8, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 8, 1997 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 231.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1625.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1625, Worker Paycheck Fairness Act” on October 24, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 8, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10501
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1625, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4659dfa66af3ace123dba867a0a7205224bf0b7e498f183fd4968b1d1c8f2afa
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on November 8, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/397
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1625, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4659dfa66af3ace123dba867a0a7205224bf0b7e498f183fd4968b1d1c8f2afa
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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
111 cosponsors — 111 Republicans
0 of 111 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mac Collins (R-GA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA) and 81 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harris Fawell.
- H.R. 1377 (105th) Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997
- H.R. 2888 (105th) Sales Incentive Compensation Act
- H.R. 1515 (105th) Expansion of Portability and Health Insurance Coverage Act of 1997
- H.R. 758 (105th) Truth in Employment Act of 1997
- H.R. 1595 (105th) Fair Hearing Act
- H.R. 2449 (105th) Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement 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.