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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be used to offset tax cuts.

H.R. 3707Introduced Apr 22, 1998Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Johnson R-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 22, 1998 — Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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

38 cosponsors — 38 Republicans

1 of 38 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.

Bill Archer (R-TX), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Larry Combest (R-TX), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), John Doolittle (R-CA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Ralph Hall (R-TX), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Van Hilleary (R-TN), John Hostettler (R-IN), Ernest Istook (R-OK), John Kasich (R-OH), Steve Largent (R-OK), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Jim McCrery (R-LA), David McIntosh (R-IN), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Ron Paul (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Bill Redmond (R-NM), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and 8 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-3 district

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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.