House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States from receiving assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 1997
- Committee actionJun 11, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 8, 1997 · 399–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 1997 — For Further Action See S.1258.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 849.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-147 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 23, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/147
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 849, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
25 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 25 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), J. Hastert (R-IL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Dan Miller (R-FL), Michael Pappas (R-NJ), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Mark Souder (R-IN), Bob Stump (R-AZ), James Traficant (D-OH), J. Watts (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Packard.
- H.R. 2016 (105th) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1998
- H.R. 4059 (105th) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.R. 2604 (105th) Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 1026 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a capital loss deduction with respect to the sale of a principal residence.
- H.Con.Res. 289 (105th) Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the National Institute of Dental Research.
- H.Res. 548 (105th) Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority.
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.