House bill · 105th Congress · Latest step: To the President
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Benjamin Gilman R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 1997
- Committee actionJun 17, 1997
- Passed HouseJun 11, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 17, 1997 · 90–5
- Resolving differencesJul 29, 1997
- To the PresidentOct 21, 1998
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 1998 — On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on International Relations. Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H11699)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1757.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1757, Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998” on April 24, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as agreed to by the Conference Committee on March 10, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10775
- CBO publication date
- April 24, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1757, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1757
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0cd13f1380958363eb02431ce7ace879feb33d7cfc524e139456d0780dd6cfc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1757, Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998” on May 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on April 28, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10774
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1757, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1757
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0cd13f1380958363eb02431ce7ace879feb33d7cfc524e139456d0780dd6cfc
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. 105-432 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/432
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1757, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1757
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0cd13f1380958363eb02431ce7ace879feb33d7cfc524e139456d0780dd6cfc
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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 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Benjamin Gilman.
- H.R. 4660 (105th) Extradition Treaties Interpretation Act of 1998
- H.R. 4655 (105th) Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
- H.R. 2709 (105th) Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1997
- H.R. 967 (105th) To prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in international conferences…
- H.Res. 404 (105th) Commemorating 100 years of relations between the people of the United States and the people of the Philippines.
- H.Con.Res. 235 (105th) Calling for an end to the violent repression of the legitimate rights of the people of Kosova.
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.