House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 1997
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
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
36 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 11 Democrats
23 of 36 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Gary Condit (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Mark Foley (R-FL), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Scott Klug (R-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Paul McHale (D-PA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), David Minge (D-MN), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Mark Neumann (R-WI), Michael Pappas (R-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Bill Paxon (R-NY), Glenn Poshard (D-IL), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Mark Sanford (R-SC) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Luther.
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- H.Con.Res. 184 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the motion picture industry should work to discourage tobacco use among our youth.
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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.