House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-40
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 1997
- Committee actionJul 16, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 22, 1997 · 423–0
- Passed SenateJul 31, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 1, 1997
- Became lawAug 11, 1997
Latest action: Aug 11, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-40.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1944.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-193 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/193
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1944, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1944
- 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Smith.
- H.R. 1198 (105th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the City of Grants Pass, Oregon.
- H.R. 3796 (105th) To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the administrative site for the Rogue River National Forest and use the proceeds for…
- H.R. 4326 (105th) Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 1197 (105th) Plant Patent Amendment Act of 1998
- H.R. 2493 (105th) Forage Improvement Act of 1997
- H.R. 1342 (105th) To provide for a one-year enrollment in the conservation reserve of land covered by expiring conservation reserve program contracts.
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.