House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate any portion of their income tax overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the benefit of units of the National Park System.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 1997
- Committee actionNov 5, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 1998 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-482, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 755.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 755, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate any portion of their income tax overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the benefit of units of the National Park System” on February 11, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on November 5, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10638
- CBO publication date
- February 11, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 755, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/755
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-482 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 21, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 21, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/482
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 755, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/755
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
80 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 38 Democrats
38 of 80 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), George Brown (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Gary Condit (D-CA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Greg Ganske (R-IA), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bill Goodling (R-PA) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Duncan.
- H.R. 2626 (105th) To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2843 (105th) Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1998
- H.R. 2748 (105th) Airline Service Improvement Act of 1998
- H.R. 4268 (105th) National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1998
- H.R. 715 (105th) Accuracy in Campus Crime Reporting Act of 1997
- H.R. 716 (105th) Freedom From Government Competition Act of 1997
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.