House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 1997
- Committee actionJun 18, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 22, 1997 · 425–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1661.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-194 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 21, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/194
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1661, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1661
- 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.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.
- H.R. 2281 (105th) Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- H.R. 3528 (105th) Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998
- H.R. 3723 (105th) United States Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999
- H.R. 672 (105th) To make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, United States Code.
- H.R. 4164 (105th) To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the enforcement of child custody and visitation orders.
- H.R. 400 (105th) Omnibus Patent Act of 1997
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.