House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 1997
- Committee actionMar 12, 1997
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 1997 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E585-586)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 929.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-24 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 14, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/24
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 929, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/929
- 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
181 cosponsors — 155 Republicans, 26 Democrats
26 of 181 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (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), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE) and 151 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Canady.
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- H.R. 1909 (105th) Civil Rights Act of 1997
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- H.R. 594 (105th) Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1997
- H.R. 4019 (105th) Religious Liberty Protection 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.