Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Product Liability Reform Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 1997
- Committee actionMay 1, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 1998 — Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 90. (consideration: CR S7913)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 648.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-32 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 19, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/32
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 648, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
954a0f9bc5ae875ad0790c86aa3aeec6d6d73064c0121af00343a9700e1fd324
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), John Chafee (R-RI), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Gordon Smith (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 2136 (105th) Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 1998
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.