House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 1997
- Committee actionSep 17, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 13, 1997 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2233.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2233, Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1997” on September 26, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 17, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10403
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2233, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f06578a09ff4b44b58ae3c3bfa98cf07ee8977ce037d98444d18ce5b8dc46abf
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. 105-277 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 29, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/277
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2233, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f06578a09ff4b44b58ae3c3bfa98cf07ee8977ce037d98444d18ce5b8dc46abf
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2233, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 11 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Porter Goss (R-FL), James Greenwood (R-PA), Sue Kelly (R-NY), George Miller (D-CA), Robert Underwood (D-GU), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Saxton.
- H.R. 2807 (105th) Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998
- H.R. 1787 (105th) Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997
- H.R. 1658 (105th) Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act
- H.R. 1856 (105th) National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998
- H.R. 3461 (105th) To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Poland.
- H.R. 437 (105th) National Sea Grant College Program Reauthorization Act of 1997
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.