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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1997

H.R. 371Introduced Jan 7, 1997Policy area: Immigration
Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Vento D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 21, 1998 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2278-2279)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 371.

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. 371, 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

77 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 50 Democrats

25 of 77 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), James Barcia (D-MI), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), David Bonior (D-MI), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), George Gekas (R-PA), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Steve Horn (R-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and 47 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bruce Vento.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-4 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.