House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Resolution and Adjudication Act
Sponsor: Rep. Terry Everett R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 1997
- Committee actionSep 30, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 6, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1703.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1703, Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Resolution and Adjudication Act” on September 30, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 30, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10421
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1703, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1703
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f94589f9bac11254960c72ef39c077ce8fc7c073c28568d689628784fecd966a
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-292 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 2, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/292
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1703, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1703
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f94589f9bac11254960c72ef39c077ce8fc7c073c28568d689628784fecd966a
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1703, 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
15 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 15 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), James Clyburn (D-SC), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Frank Mascara (D-PA), John Olver (D-MA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Floyd Spence (R-SC), Bob Stump (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Terry Everett.
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.