House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 1997
- Committee actionJun 25, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 8, 1997 · 236–191
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 1998 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior and Office of Management and Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 901.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-245 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 5, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 5, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/245
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 901, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
893472a224cad03f8474e4c29d84593d7daee3bd1fa8799c6c15f10dfe93871b
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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. 901, 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
174 cosponsors — 159 Republicans, 15 Democrats
17 of 174 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Tom Coburn (R-OK) and 144 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.