House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 7, 1997
- Committee actionApr 1, 1998
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 1998 — For Further Action See H.R.3811.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2925.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2925, Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1997” on April 13, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 1, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10738
- CBO publication date
- April 13, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2925, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2925
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2925, last updated August 21, 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
50 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 42 Democrats
7 of 50 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), John Baldacci (D-ME), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Bob Clement (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Tom Lantos (D-CA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer.
- H.Con.Res. 255 (105th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
- H.Con.Res. 49 (105th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
- H.R. 1166 (105th) Firefighters Pay Fairness Act of 1997
- H.R. 3251 (105th) Federal Pay Fairness Act of 1998
- H.R. 1032 (105th) Late Term Abortion Restriction Act
- H.R. 2503 (105th) Deadbeat Parents Punishment 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.