House joint resolution · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 1998
- Committee actionJun 25, 1998
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 1998 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 120.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 120, A joint resolution disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam” on July 9, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported adversely by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 25, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10953
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 120, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hjres/120
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-653 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 29, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/653
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 120, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hjres/120
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e6d5f0add05d286e183131c2d031c8ad2881e0633b74b47d840bd49fbea140a
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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