House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 1997
- Committee actionOct 7, 1997
- Passed HouseMar 12, 1998 · 230–180
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 12, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 992.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 992, Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act of 1997” on October 23, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10484
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 992, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/992
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-424 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 3, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 3, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/424
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 992, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/992
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ba73e5ef942c8b251e7a2ccbb1b0aa6b16d3fe9eb450abd066be5fcdd48ac39
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 992, last updated August 10, 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
51 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 6 Democrats
9 of 51 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Bill Archer (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Joe Barton (R-TX), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Charles Canady (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Mac Collins (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Terry Everett (R-AL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Doc Hastings (R-WA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Tim Holden (D-PA), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Robert Livingston (R-LA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1591 (105th) Regulatory Accountability 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.