House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Arches National Park Expansion Act of 1997

H.R. 2283Introduced Jul 29, 1997Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Rep. Chris Cannon R-UT

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 29, 1997
Committee actionOct 22, 1997
Passed HouseNov 9, 1997 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 9, 1998 — Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2283.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2283, Arches National Park Expansion Act of 1997” on November 5, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 22, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 1997 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10545
CBO publication date
November 5, 1997
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2283, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2283
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-385 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 6, 1997.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 1997 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/385
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2283, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2283
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2283, 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

49 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 7 Democrats

7 of 49 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Jon Fox (R-PA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), James Hansen (R-UT), Doc Hastings (R-WA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Ron Kind (D-WI), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), John Linder (R-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL) and 19 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Cannon.

Sponsor’s state and district

Utah in Congress · UT-3 district

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