House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Medical Device Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997

H.R. 1710Introduced May 22, 1997Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Rep. Joe Barton R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 22, 1997
Committee actionSep 26, 1997
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 6, 1997 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 178.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1710.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1710, Medical Device Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997” on October 1, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 26, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 1997 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10428
CBO publication date
October 1, 1997
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1710, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1710
Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-307 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 7, 1997.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1710, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
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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

152 cosponsors — 107 Republicans, 45 Democrats

45 of 152 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Walter Capps (D-CA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), James Clyburn (D-SC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Larry Combest (R-TX), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and 122 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-6 district

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