House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-144
To authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.
Became law on Dec 15, 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. William Thomas R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 9, 1997
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 12, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 13, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 5, 1997
- Became lawDec 15, 1997
Latest action: Dec 15, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-144.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2979.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2979, An act that would authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress” on November 21, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by Congress on November 12, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10628
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2979, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2979
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Thomas.
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- H.R. 960 (105th) To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County, California, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3790 (105th) Library of Congress Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1998
- H.R. 4567 (105th) Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 1998
- H.Res. 129 (105th) Providing amounts for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
- H.Res. 355 (105th) Dismissing the election contest against Loretta Sanchez.
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.