House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
National Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 1997
- Committee actionJul 23, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 4, 1997 · 336–72
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 1997 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1839.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-285 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 30, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/285
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1839, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1839
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
102 cosponsors — 61 Republicans, 41 Democrats
42 of 102 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), John Baldacci (D-ME), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Bob Clement (D-TN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Chet Edwards (D-TX) and 72 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.