House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 1997
- Committee actionMay 21, 1997
- Passed HouseMar 4, 1998 · 209–208
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 1998 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 856.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-131 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 12, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/131
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 856, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1859497ff154001c196dc669be8cd0570ef427bb1ddc9136c0250e35a1470d86
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 856, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
87 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 63 Democrats
63 of 87 cosponsors (72%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), James Barcia (D-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), William Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Gene Green (D-TX), Tony Hall (D-OH) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Young.
- H.R. 1420 (105th) National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
- H.R. 39 (105th) African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 1948 (105th) Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 1997
- H.R. 2000 (105th) ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 3903 (105th) Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998
- H.R. 4068 (105th) To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
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.