House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-159
Disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45.
Became law on Feb 25, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Skeen R-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 7, 1997
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 8, 1997 · 352–64
- Passed SenateNov 9, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 10, 1997
- Became lawFeb 25, 1998
Latest action: Mar 2, 1998 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2631.
- Congress.gov notePublic Law enacted over veto.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2631, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2631
- 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
56 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 16 Democrats
17 of 56 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Virgil Goode (R-VA), James Hansen (R-UT), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Rick Hill (R-MT), Van Hilleary (R-TN), John Hostettler (R-IN), Walter Jones (R-NC), John LaFalce (D-NY), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Joseph McDade (R-PA), John McHugh (R-NY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Alan Mollohan (D-WV) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Skeen.
- H.R. 3035 (105th) National Drought Policy Act of 1998
- H.R. 2160 (105th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998
- H.R. 3731 (105th) To designate the auditorium located within the Sandia Technology Transfer Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the "Steve Schiff…
- H.R. 4101 (105th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.Con.Res. 167 (105th) To correct a technical error in the enrollment of H.R. 2160.
- H.Res. 395 (105th) Expressing the condolences of the House on the death of the Honorable Steven Schiff, a Representative from the State of New Mexico.
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.