House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act of 1998

H.R. 2538Introduced Sep 24, 1997Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Rep. Bill Redmond R-NM

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 24, 1997
Committee actionMay 20, 1998
Passed HouseSep 10, 1998 · 223–187
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 15, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2538.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2538, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act of 1998” on May 29, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 20, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 1998 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10837
CBO publication date
May 29, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2538, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2538
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-594 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 23, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2538, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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

79 cosponsors — 70 Republicans, 9 Democrats

10 of 79 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.

Joe Barton (R-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), John Ensign (R-NV), Mark Foley (R-FL), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Jon Fox (R-PA), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX) and 49 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Redmond.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Mexico in Congress · NM-3 district

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