House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research, Treatment, and Assistance Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Walter Capps D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 1997
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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
144 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 102 Democrats, 1 independent
39 of 144 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Christopher Cox (R-CA), William Coyne (D-PA), Pat Danner (D-MO), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and 114 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Walter Capps.
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.