House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Food and Nutrition Information Reform Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Edward Whitfield R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 11, 1997
- Committee actionSep 25, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 1997 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 177.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2469.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2469, Food and Nutrition Information Reform Act of 1997” on October 1, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 25, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10429
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2469, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0cc3ce5cc3f59674886fb02844adbfc8086a9a4db9295533e3a99a21ce66808b
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. 105-306 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce 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/306
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2469, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0cc3ce5cc3f59674886fb02844adbfc8086a9a4db9295533e3a99a21ce66808b
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. 2469, last updated June 3, 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
21 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 9 Democrats
10 of 21 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), J. Hastert (R-IL), Scott Klug (R-WI), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), Paul McHale (D-PA), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edward Whitfield.
- H.R. 624 (105th) Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments of 1998
- H.R. 3864 (105th) To designate the post office located at 203 West Paige Street, in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, as the "Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building".
- H.R. 2624 (105th) Disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45.
- H.R. 4234 (105th) To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States…
- H.R. 4215 (105th) To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States…
- H.R. 1958 (105th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Act of March 16, 1950, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to end the regulation…
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.