House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 1997
- Committee actionSep 29, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 5, 1997 · 416–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 1998 — Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2358.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2358, Political Freedom in China 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/10431
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2358, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2358
- 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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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. 105-305 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on October 7, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/305
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2358, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a9edd51889595d90df02b04ba13c50c5b7ea2fe6fa35b25ede4e431b6e63cb60
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2358, 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
14 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Christopher Cox (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Peter King (R-NY), David McIntosh (R-IN), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Gerald Solomon (R-NY), Floyd Spence (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1942 (105th) Export Administration 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.