House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Paperwork Elimination Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 1997
- Committee actionMar 6, 1997
- Passed HouseMar 13, 1997 · 395–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 852.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-7 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on March 6, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 6, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/7
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 852, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38af65f7b357a72eabf8f94eeb97cfa8cf55d95a7e86c5f9c8ee107f0b9bfa2f
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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
30 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 30 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
John Baldacci (D-ME), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Phil English (R-PA), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Rick Hill (R-MT), Walter Jones (R-NC), Sue Kelly (R-NY), John LaFalce (D-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), William Luther (D-MN), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), David McIntosh (R-IN), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Michael Pappas (R-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Norman Sisisky (D-VA), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Linda Smith (R-WA), Vince Snowbarger (R-KS), Mark Souder (R-IN), John Sununu (R-NH), Gerald Weller (R-IL), Robert Weygand (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Talent.
- H.R. 2261 (105th) Small Business Programs Reauthorization and Amendments Acts of 1997
- H.R. 3412 (105th) Year 2000 Readiness and Small Business Programs Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
- H.Res. 520 (105th) Congratulating Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals for breaking the Major League Baseball single-season home run record.
- H.R. 1145 (105th) Home-Based Business Fairness Act of 1997
- H.R. 3110 (105th) Skilled Workforce Enhancement Act of 1998
- H.R. 2579 (105th) SAFE Act
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.