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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Decennial Census Improvement Act of 1997

H.R. 776Introduced Feb 13, 1997Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Carrie Meek D-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 21, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice.

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

60 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 59 Democrats

1 of 60 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), William Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX) and 30 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carrie Meek.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-17 district

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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.