House resolution · 105th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Relating to the importance of Japanese-American relations and the urgent need for Japan to more effectively address its economic and financial problems and open its markets by eliminating informal barriers to trade and investment, thereby making a more effective contribution to leading the Asian region out of its current financial crisis, insuring against a global recession, and reinforcing regional stability and security.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 1998
- Committee actionJun 5, 1998
- Passed HouseJul 20, 1998 · 391–2
Latest action: Jul 20, 1998 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 392.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-607 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 25, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/607
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 392, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hres/392
- 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
20 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 20 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Bill Barrett (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Robert Matsui (D-CA), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Bill Paxon (R-NY), John Peterson (R-PA), John Porter (R-IL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Mark Souder (R-IN), J. Watts (R-OK), Bob Wise (D-WV).
More from the sponsor
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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.