House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 6, 1997
- Committee actionApr 29, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 10, 1998 · 322–90
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 13, 1998 — Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 699. (consideration: CR S12442)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2863.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2863, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998” on May 14, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on April 29, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10801
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2863, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e6eaa5ae75f7f627cf02b408f473ece6dbe8b1c115d6b33d7b2e3525995b38d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2863, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998” on October 8, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on October 5, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11240
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2863, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e6eaa5ae75f7f627cf02b408f473ece6dbe8b1c115d6b33d7b2e3525995b38d
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 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 105-366 ↗; H. Rept. 105-542 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/366
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/542 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2863, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e6eaa5ae75f7f627cf02b408f473ece6dbe8b1c115d6b33d7b2e3525995b38d
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2863, 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
12 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Randy Cunningham (R-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), John Tanner (D-TN), Curt Weldon (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Young.
- H.R. 1420 (105th) National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
- H.R. 39 (105th) African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 1948 (105th) Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 1997
- H.R. 2000 (105th) ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 3903 (105th) Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998
- H.R. 4068 (105th) To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
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.