House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 28 of the United States Code regarding enforcement of child custody orders.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Andrews D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 1997
- Committee actionMay 6, 1998
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 1998 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1690.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1690, A bill to amend Title 28, United States Code, with respect to the enforcement of child custody and visitation orders” on May 13, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 6, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10790
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1690, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74a15c992e49c498ccc3553e899b0e130717c47b3876c7acdec578cddfe2be46
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-546 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 21, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/546
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1690, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74a15c992e49c498ccc3553e899b0e130717c47b3876c7acdec578cddfe2be46
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Gene Green (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Andrews.
- H.R. 3561 (105th) National and Community Service Amendments Act of 1998
- H.Res. 26 (105th) Requiring the House of Representatives to take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment…
- H.R. 3831 (105th) Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 1998
- H.R. 387 (105th) OPIC Termination Act
- H.R. 1361 (105th) Turkish Human Rights Act
- H.R. 386 (105th) Educational Quality Index 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.