House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 1997
- Committee actionMay 13, 1997
- Passed HouseMay 21, 1997 · 390–35
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 1997 — Laid on the table. See S. 543 for further action. (consideration: CR H3120)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 911.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-101 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 19, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/101
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 911, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/911
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
156 cosponsors — 103 Republicans, 52 Democrats, 1 independent
54 of 156 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), David Bonior (D-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), H. Callahan (R-AL), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Bob Clement (D-TN), Larry Combest (R-TX), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Cooksey (R-LA), William Coyne (D-PA), Robert Cramer (D-AL) and 126 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Porter.
- H.R. 2264 (105th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998
- H.Con.Res. 172 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress in support of efforts to foster friendship and cooperation between the United States and Mongolia, and…
- H.R. 4274 (105th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.R. 619 (105th) Bear Protection Act
- H.R. 2095 (105th) China Human Rights and Democracy Act of 1997
- H.R. 2356 (105th) Bilingual Voting Requirements Repeal Act of 1995
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.