Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Family Friendly Workplace Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 1997
- Committee actionMar 18, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 1997 — Second cloture on the modified committee amendment not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-47. Record Vote No: 93. (consideration: CR S5291)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-11 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 2, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/11
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1dbb152a4003860df45b91e8e8d6836f25cc50d737763423075e71486830be72
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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
42 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), William Frist (R-TN), William Gramm (R-TX), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), James Jeffords (I-VT), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Connie Mack (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and 12 more.
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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.