House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Flood Prevention and Family Protection Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Wally Herger R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 1997
- Committee actionApr 16, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 1997 — Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 478 as unfinished business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 478.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-75 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 24, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/75
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 478, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/478
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a180a11f2657c43d809a71f32441135b130d22754ea1ef7061c7ad320fc9d62
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 478, last updated April 7, 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
24 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Sonny Bono (R-CA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Gary Condit (D-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), John Doolittle (R-CA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Jay Kim (R-CA), Steve Largent (R-OK), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), David McIntosh (R-IN), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Ron Packard (R-CA), Richard Pombo (R-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Robert Smith (R-OR), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wally Herger.
- H.R. 63 (105th) To designate the reservoir created by Trinity Dam in the Central Valley project, California, as "Trinity Lake".
- H.R. 858 (105th) Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 1997
- H.R. 2593 (105th) Marriage Penalty Relief Act
- H.R. 530 (105th) Criminal Welfare Prevention Act, Part II
- H.R. 1037 (105th) Defense Jobs and Trade Promotion Act of 1997
- H.R. 3945 (105th) Death Tax Inflation Adjustment Act of 1998
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.