House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
National Sea Grant College Program Reauthorization Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. H. Saxton R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 1997
- Committee actionMar 5, 1997
- Passed HouseJun 18, 1997 · 422–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 19, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 437.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-22,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 105-22,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/22
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/22 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 437, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
107 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 62 Democrats
61 of 107 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), James Barcia (D-MI), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Allen Boyd (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Walter Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Michael Castle (R-DE), James Clyburn (D-SC), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA) and 77 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Saxton.
- H.R. 2807 (105th) Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998
- H.R. 1787 (105th) Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997
- H.R. 1658 (105th) Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act
- H.R. 1856 (105th) National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998
- H.R. 3461 (105th) To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Poland.
- H.Con.Res. 8 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the significance of maintaining the health and stability of coral reef ecosystems.
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.