House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Nigeria Democracy Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 1997
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 27, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
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
62 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 52 Democrats, 1 independent
9 of 62 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Steve Chabot (R-OH), William Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), William Coyne (D-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA) and 32 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne.
- H.Con.Res. 309 (105th) Condemning the forced abduction of Ugandan children and their use as soldiers.
- H.Con.Res. 215 (105th) Congratulating the people of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana for holding multiparty elections.
- H.Con.Res. 22 (105th) Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the discrimination by the German Government against members of minority religious…
- H.R. 1075 (105th) Northern Ireland Peace Act
- H.R. 1632 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs, to…
- H.R. 3311 (105th) Expanding International Education for All 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.