House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-142
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Became law on Dec 5, 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. John Duncan R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 7, 1997
- Committee actionOct 29, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 9, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 13, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 25, 1997
- Became lawDec 5, 1997
Latest action: Dec 5, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-142.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2626.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2626, A bill to make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and for other purposes” on October 31, 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 31, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10543
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2626, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8750af4cea538c83425832261f80d754c80bcf30046f66ee341e64ee11b908b5
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-372 ↗. 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/372
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2626, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8750af4cea538c83425832261f80d754c80bcf30046f66ee341e64ee11b908b5
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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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jon Fox (R-PA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Steve Largent (R-OK), William Lipinski (D-IL), James Oberstar (D-MN), Bud Shuster (R-PA), Joseph Skeen (R-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Duncan.
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- H.R. 2748 (105th) Airline Service Improvement Act of 1998
- H.R. 4268 (105th) National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1998
- H.R. 715 (105th) Accuracy in Campus Crime Reporting Act of 1997
- H.R. 716 (105th) Freedom From Government Competition Act of 1997
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.