House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Defense Reform Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 1997
- Committee actionJun 11, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 1998 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 319.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1778.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-133 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on June 17, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/133
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1778, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1778
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
593b0c513ec6c3ac9d46959bffa61963314fcddb1738ea6ca8356c4162af1c65
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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. Floyd Spence.
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- H.R. 2148 (105th) To suspend temporarily the duty on certain other single viscose rayon yarn.
- H.Res. 57 (105th) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on National Security in the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
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.