House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-55
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998
Became law on Oct 7, 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. James Walsh R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 1997
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 28, 1997 · 214–203
- Passed SenateJul 29, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 17, 1997
- To the PresidentSep 25, 1997
- Became lawOct 7, 1997
Latest action: Oct 7, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-55.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2209.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-254 ↗; H. Rept. 105-196 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/254
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/196 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2209, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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 April 7, 2025). 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. James Walsh.
- H.R. 4112 (105th) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.R. 4293 (105th) Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998
- H.R. 1507 (105th) Hunger Has a Cure Act of 1997
- H.R. 2923 (105th) Early Hearing Loss Detection, Diagnosis, and Intervention Act of 1997
- H.R. 1427 (105th) James P. Grant World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1997
- H.R. 4511 (105th) Electric Power Consumer Rate Relief Act of 1998
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.