House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Bear Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 1997
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
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
142 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 99 Democrats, 1 independent
101 of 142 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), George Brown (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Walter Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and 112 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Porter.
- H.R. 2264 (105th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998
- H.R. 911 (105th) Volunteer Protection Act of 1997
- H.Con.Res. 172 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress in support of efforts to foster friendship and cooperation between the United States and Mongolia, and…
- H.R. 4274 (105th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.R. 2095 (105th) China Human Rights and Democracy Act of 1997
- H.R. 2356 (105th) Bilingual Voting Requirements Repeal Act of 1995
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.