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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997

H.R. 929Introduced Mar 5, 1997Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Canady R-FL
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Where it went

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.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 929, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-12 district

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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.