House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 1997
- Committee actionJun 17, 1998
- Passed HouseAug 3, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1728.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1728, National Park System New Area Studies Act” on July 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 17, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10918
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1728, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 105-612 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 14, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/612
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1728, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2f990313894b01f14703ad7b5bddd1a87a97a85dc50ffcf9a227710de940f8d
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joel Hefley.
- H.R. 2993 (105th) To provide for the collection of fees for the making of motion pictures, television productions, and sound tracks in National Park System…
- H.R. 1522 (105th) To extend the authorization for the National Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 230 (105th) Honoring the Berlin Airlift.
- H.R. 2416 (105th) To provide for the transfer of certain rights and property to the United States Forest Service in exchange for a payment to the occupant…
- H.R. 192 (105th) Uniformed Services Medicare Subvention Demonstration Project Act
- H.R. 414 (105th) Uniformed Services Medicare Subvention Program 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.