House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-147
No Electronic Theft (NET) Act
Became law on Dec 16, 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Goodlatte R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 1997
- Committee actionOct 7, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 4, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 13, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 5, 1997
- Became lawDec 16, 1997
Latest action: Dec 16, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-147.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2265.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act” on October 16, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10465
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2265, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2265
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31c8452b731d3842a77314ec5f1bab646034ad1ace03f00619f9d56e7e2a1d03
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act” on November 18, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 13, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10556
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2265, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2265
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31c8452b731d3842a77314ec5f1bab646034ad1ace03f00619f9d56e7e2a1d03
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. 105-339 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 23, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 23, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/339
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2265, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2265
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31c8452b731d3842a77314ec5f1bab646034ad1ace03f00619f9d56e7e2a1d03
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. 2265, last updated August 10, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Chris Cannon (R-UT), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA).
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.