House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To make technical amendments to section 10 of title 9, United States Code.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 1997
- Committee actionSep 17, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 12, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 21, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 1998 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2440.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2440, A bill to make technical amendments to section 10 of Title 9, United States Code” on September 23, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 15, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10386
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2440, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1a164c6aff9a3413a725377fd74d7d1e7da729a50dae742077d16597942346aa
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-381 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 5, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 5, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/381
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2440, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1a164c6aff9a3413a725377fd74d7d1e7da729a50dae742077d16597942346aa
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1544 (105th) Federal Agency Compliance Act
- H.R. 1596 (105th) Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1997
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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.