Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend trade laws and related provisions to clarify the designation of normal trade relations.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 1997
- Committee actionSep 11, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 1997 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 163.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 747.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-82 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on September 15, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/82
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 747, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/747
- 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
23 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
10 of 23 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), Max Baucus (D-MT), John Breaux (D-LA), Richard Bryan (D-NV), John Chafee (R-RI), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), William Gramm (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), James Jeffords (I-VT), J. Kerrey (D-NE), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Donald Nickles (R-OK), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. William Roth.
- S.J.Res. 5 (105th) A joint resolution waiving certain provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to the appointment of the United States Trade…
- S.Res. 58 (105th) A resolution to state the sense of the Senate that the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States of America and…
- S.Res. 174 (105th) A resolution to state the sense of the Senate that Thailand is a key partner and friend of the United States, has committed itself to…
- S.Res. 245 (105th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the interest of both the United States and the Republic of Korea to maintain…
- S. 1216 (105th) OECD Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act
- S. 1269 (105th) Reciprocal Trade Agreements 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.