House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-265
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 19, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Steven LaTourette R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 1997
- Committee actionAug 5, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 23, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 2, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 8, 1998
- Became lawOct 19, 1998
Latest action: Oct 19, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-265.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1481.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1481, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998” on August 20, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on August 5, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11111
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1481, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1481
- 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. 105-715 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/715
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1481, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19d1a5c758b5bf74d037fe5e9884ca03daaf77b45e850e61583ea4978bcf0c38
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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
27 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 27 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
James Barcia (D-MI), David Bonior (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), John Dingell (D-MI), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jay Johnson (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John LaFalce (D-NY), John McHugh (R-NY), Bob Ney (R-OH), James Oberstar (D-MN), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Jack Quinn (R-NY), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Bart Stupak (D-MI), James Walsh (R-NY), Gerald Weller (R-IL).
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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.