Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 1997
- Committee actionSep 12, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 1997 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1093.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1093, Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Most-Favored-Nation Treatment) to the Products of the Lao People's Democratic Republic” on September 16, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 16, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10366
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1093, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1093
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-83 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on September 17, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/83
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1093, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1093
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ade3ac07c10df888f973d8fe8b990c63931511e9ed1ca8d2641892d553d3430f
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1093, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Kerry.
- S. 469 (105th) Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
- S. 1067 (105th) Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act of 1997
- S. 1309 (105th) Early Childhood Development Act of 1997
- S. 956 (105th) Welfare-to-Work Microloan Pilot Program Act of 1997
- S. 1124 (105th) Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1997
- S. 756 (105th) Early Childhood Development 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.