House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Wally Herger R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 1997
- Committee actionMay 21, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 9, 1997 · 429–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 1997 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 858.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 858, Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 1997” on November 3, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 22, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 3, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10544
- CBO publication date
- November 3, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 858, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/858
- 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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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 105-138 ↗; H. Rept. 105-136 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 4, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/138
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/136 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 858, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/858
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffa7393f3fd356c3f3e6872f1fa83a9b9ea40b279353d26e52697e755bd3debc
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 858, 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
12 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Charles Canady (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Mike Parker (R-MS), Richard Pombo (R-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Robert Smith (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wally Herger.
- H.R. 63 (105th) To designate the reservoir created by Trinity Dam in the Central Valley project, California, as "Trinity Lake".
- H.R. 478 (105th) Flood Prevention and Family Protection Act of 1997
- H.R. 2593 (105th) Marriage Penalty Relief Act
- H.R. 530 (105th) Criminal Welfare Prevention Act, Part II
- H.R. 1037 (105th) Defense Jobs and Trade Promotion Act of 1997
- H.R. 3945 (105th) Death Tax Inflation Adjustment Act of 1998
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.