House bill · 105th Congress · Latest step: To the President
Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Benjamin Gilman R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 23, 1997
- Committee actionOct 24, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 12, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 22, 1998 · 90–4
- Resolving differencesJun 9, 1998
- To the PresidentJun 11, 1998
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 1998 — On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on International Relations. Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H5072)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2709.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2709, Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1997” on November 4, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate of the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on October 24, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10520
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2709, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2709
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2709, An act to impose certain sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributin to Iran's effort to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles, and to implement the obligations of the U.S. under the Chemical Weapons Convention” on June 16, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on June 9, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10868
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2709, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2709
- 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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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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-375 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on November 4, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 4, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/375
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2709, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
780eca0d2b00d19f4bbe52959ee6d5d6f76f1ff74500efd494a00c0da9880353
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2709, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
117 cosponsors — 66 Republicans, 51 Democrats
51 of 117 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Robert Borski (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Cooksey (R-LA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Christopher Cox (R-CA), William Coyne (D-PA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY) and 87 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Benjamin Gilman.
- H.R. 4660 (105th) Extradition Treaties Interpretation Act of 1998
- H.R. 4655 (105th) Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
- H.R. 967 (105th) To prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in international conferences…
- H.Res. 404 (105th) Commemorating 100 years of relations between the people of the United States and the people of the Philippines.
- H.Con.Res. 235 (105th) Calling for an end to the violent repression of the legitimate rights of the people of Kosova.
- H.Res. 188 (105th) Urging the executive branch to take action regarding the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise missiles.
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.