House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To require adoption of a management plan for the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 1997
- Committee actionJul 16, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 1997 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 223.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 838.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-378 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 5, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 5, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/378
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 838, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/838
- 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage.
- H.R. 1842 (105th) To terminate further development and implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative.
- H.R. 752 (105th) Citizen's Fair Hearing Act of 1997
- H.R. 2611 (105th) Religious Fairness in Bankruptcy Act of 1997
- H.R. 1371 (105th) Imported Meat Labeling Act of 1997
- H.R. 1009 (105th) States' Rights and Second and Tenth Amendment Restoration Act of 1997
- H.R. 2162 (105th) To prohibit the reintroduction of grizzly bears into the Bitterroot Ecosystem in east central Idaho.
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.