House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 1997
- Committee actionJun 12, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 1997 — Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 105-183, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 699.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-183 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 16, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/183
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 699, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ece496e2822d4d626e3def2b01a4f94ccd1c356ced8a549704c5c5714edfb6c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 699, last updated August 21, 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
83 cosponsors — 68 Republicans, 15 Democrats
16 of 83 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Bill Archer (R-TX), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Joe Barton (R-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), John Boehner (R-OH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), James Clyburn (D-SC), Larry Combest (R-TX), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Philip Crane (R-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), John Ensign (R-NV), Lane Evans (D-IL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Jon Fox (R-PA), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Kay Granger (R-TX) and 53 more.
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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.