House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997

H.R. 1903Introduced Jun 17, 1997Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WI

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 17, 1997
Committee actionJul 29, 1997
Passed HouseSep 16, 1997 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 13, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1903.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1903, Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997” on October 8, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 1, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11243
CBO publication date
October 8, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1903, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1903
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-243 ↗; S. Rept. 105-412 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 13, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1903, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1903
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

29 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 12 Democrats

12 of 29 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.

James Barcia (D-MI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Kevin Brady (R-TX), George Brown (D-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Walter Capps (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Constance Morella (R-MD), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Tim Roemer (D-IN), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Dan Schaefer (R-CO), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), James Traficant (D-OH), Curt Weldon (R-PA).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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