Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-116
An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit interment or memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes.
Became law on Nov 21, 1997.
Sponsor: Sen. Arlen Specter R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 1997
- Committee actionJun 18, 1997
- Passed SenateJun 18, 1997 · 98–0
- Passed HouseOct 31, 1997 · without objection
- Resolving differencesNov 10, 1997
- To the PresidentNov 13, 1997
- Became lawNov 21, 1997
Latest action: Nov 21, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-116.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 923.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 923, As Amended, An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit interment or memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons convicted of federal capital crimes” on September 30, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 11, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10420
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 923, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
816cb5c597b760d46d714873a5e134b6f5f6a6f377691f2df9aa31f1257cb34b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 923, An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit interment or memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons committing federal or state capital crimes” on November 19, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 10, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10587
- CBO publication date
- November 19, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 923, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
816cb5c597b760d46d714873a5e134b6f5f6a6f377691f2df9aa31f1257cb34b
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-319 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 9, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/319
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 923, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
816cb5c597b760d46d714873a5e134b6f5f6a6f377691f2df9aa31f1257cb34b
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 923, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Robert Byrd (D-WV), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Donald Nickles (R-OK), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 56 (105th) A resolution designating March 25, 1997 as "Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
- S.Con.Res. 78 (105th) A concurrent resolution relating to the indictment and prosecution of Saddam Hussein for war crimes and other crimes against humanity.
- S. 1665 (105th) Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act Amendments of 1998
- S. 2309 (105th) Gateway Visitor Center Authorization 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.