House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 1997
- Committee actionSep 24, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 30, 1997 · 242–182
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 1998 — By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 105-338. Minority views filed.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2493.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act of 1997” on October 1, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 24, 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/10414
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2493, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d98ea465e0bf2288610bd4d4bd639025157a3469ff94c1c6ba6d844290b7264
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act of 1997” on October 15, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 8, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 15, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10468
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2493, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d98ea465e0bf2288610bd4d4bd639025157a3469ff94c1c6ba6d844290b7264
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act of 1997” on August 5, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 29, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11050
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2493, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d98ea465e0bf2288610bd4d4bd639025157a3469ff94c1c6ba6d844290b7264
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 105-338 ↗; H. Rept. 105-346,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 105-346,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/338
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/346
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/346 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2493, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d98ea465e0bf2288610bd4d4bd639025157a3469ff94c1c6ba6d844290b7264
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. 2493, 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
34 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 7 Democrats
8 of 34 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Bill Barrett (R-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Gary Condit (D-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Doc Hastings (R-WA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Owen Pickett (D-VA), Richard Pombo (R-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), Bob Stump (R-AZ) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.