House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the "Death on the High Seas Act" to aviation incidents.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 1997
- Committee actionJul 23, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 28, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 1998 — Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2005.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-201 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 24, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/201
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2005, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2005
- 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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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
48 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 27 Democrats
26 of 48 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Bill Archer (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Harold Ford (D-TN), Jon Fox (R-PA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), George Gekas (R-PA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Peter King (R-NY), Ron Klink (D-PA), Rick Lazio (R-NY) and 18 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.