House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 1997
- Committee actionSep 17, 1997
- Passed HouseMay 19, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 512.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 512, New Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act” on September 25, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 17, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10389
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 512, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/512
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
27e032e3ad3dd277e2a0513443820708ec5d615d9c2844215b7b3de95a85a3ab
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-276 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 29, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/276
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 512, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/512
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
27e032e3ad3dd277e2a0513443820708ec5d615d9c2844215b7b3de95a85a3ab
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 512, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Young.
- H.R. 1420 (105th) National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
- H.R. 39 (105th) African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 1948 (105th) Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 1997
- H.R. 2000 (105th) ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 3903 (105th) Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998
- H.R. 4068 (105th) To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
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.