House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 1997
- Committee actionMar 12, 1997
- Passed HouseApr 23, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 400.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-39 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/39
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 400, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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 CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). 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
35 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 35 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), George Brown (D-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), George Gekas (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Steve Horn (R-CA), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Ray LaHood (R-IL), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.
- H.R. 2281 (105th) Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- H.R. 3528 (105th) Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998
- H.R. 3723 (105th) United States Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999
- H.R. 672 (105th) To make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, United States Code.
- H.R. 4164 (105th) To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the enforcement of child custody and visitation orders.
- H.R. 2589 (105th) Copyright Term Extension Act
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.