House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-148
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National Transportation Safety Board and individual foreign air carriers to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents involving foreign air carriers.
Became law on Dec 16, 1997.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 1997
- Committee actionOct 29, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 9, 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: 105-148.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2476.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2476, A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National Transportation Safety Board and individual foreign air carriers to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents involving foreign air carriers” on October 30, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 29, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10542
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2476, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2476
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-371 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on October 31, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 31, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/371
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2476, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2476
- 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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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
26 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 23 Democrats
3 of 26 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Bob Clement (D-TN), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), John Duncan (R-TN), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jon Fox (R-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Tim Holden (D-PA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), William Lipinski (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), James Oberstar (D-MN), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Pete Stark (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), James Traficant (D-OH), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
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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.