Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

SAFE Act

S. 1237Introduced Sep 30, 1997Policy area: Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Sen. Michael Enzi R-WY

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 30, 1997
Committee actionOct 22, 1997
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 27, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1237.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1237, Safety Advancement for Employees Act of 1997” on November 14, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on October 22, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 1997 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10574
CBO publication date
November 14, 1997
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1237, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1237
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-159 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on January 27, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported January 27, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1237, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1237
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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

22 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 1 independent

0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), William Frist (R-TN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), James Jeffords (I-VT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Donald Nickles (R-OK), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Craig Thomas (R-WY), John Warner (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Michael Enzi.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wyoming in Congress

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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.