House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-89

Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997

H.R. 867Introduced Feb 27, 1997Policy area: Families

Became law on Nov 19, 1997.

Sponsor: Rep. Dave Camp R-MI

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 27, 1997
Committee actionApr 23, 1997
Passed HouseApr 30, 1997 · 416–5
Passed SenateNov 8, 1997 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesNov 13, 1997
To the PresidentNov 17, 1997
Became lawNov 19, 1997

Latest action: Nov 19, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-89.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 867.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 867, Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997” on November 24, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by Congress on November 13, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 24, 1997 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10629
CBO publication date
November 24, 1997
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 867, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/867
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-77 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 28, 1997.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 1997 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/77
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 867, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/867
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

31 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 31 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.

Bill Barrett (R-NE), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Charles Canady (R-FL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Sam Farr (D-CA), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Kay Granger (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Barbara Kennelly (D-CT), Scott Klug (R-WI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Paul McHale (D-PA), Susan Molinari (R-NY), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Tim Roemer (D-IN), E. Shaw (R-FL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), J. Watts (R-OK) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress · MI-4 district

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