House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-20
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 1997
- Committee actionMay 16, 1997
- Passed HouseMay 22, 1997 · 420–1
- Passed SenateJun 18, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJun 20, 1997
- Became lawJun 27, 1997
Latest action: Jun 27, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-20.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 956.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-105 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 20, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/105
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 956, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- 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 June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 956, last updated June 3, 2026. 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
55 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 28 Democrats
27 of 55 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), John Boehner (R-OH), David Bonior (D-MI), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Martin Frost (D-TX), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Lee Hamilton (D-IN), J. Hastert (R-IL), Joel Hefley (R-CO), David Hobson (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Portman.
- H.R. 2870 (105th) Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998
- H.R. 3853 (105th) Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1998
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- H.R. 4550 (105th) Drug Demand Reduction Act
- H.R. 2292 (105th) Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997
- H.R. 1891 (105th) Staffing Firm Worker Benefits Act of 1997
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.