House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 1997
- Committee actionSep 29, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 9, 1997 · 401–21
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 27, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2232.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2232, Radio Free Asia Act of 1997” on October 3, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on September 29, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10432
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2232, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2232
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
afb81e99e5165da3ee0d41b3ac66c7ab588072095482405fdb18f2e4542bdb02
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2232, Radio Free Asia Act of 1997” on May 28, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 19, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10825
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2232, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2232
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
afb81e99e5165da3ee0d41b3ac66c7ab588072095482405fdb18f2e4542bdb02
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-303 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 27, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/303
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2232, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2232
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
afb81e99e5165da3ee0d41b3ac66c7ab588072095482405fdb18f2e4542bdb02
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2232, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
17 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Christopher Cox (R-CA), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Bill McCollum (R-FL), David McIntosh (R-IN), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Robert Schaffer (R-CO), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Gerald Solomon (R-NY), Floyd Spence (R-SC).
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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.