House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-279
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act
Became law on Oct 23, 1998.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 1997
- Committee actionJun 17, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 23, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 7, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 13, 1998
- Became lawOct 23, 1998
Latest action: Oct 23, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-279.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1659.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1659, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act” on June 19, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 17, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10889
- CBO publication date
- June 19, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1659, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d7d6b44f785d45f48acb2b678954bd6643f9aab129073902eac4347bdb775492
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1659, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act” on October 16, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 7, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11267
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1659, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d7d6b44f785d45f48acb2b678954bd6643f9aab129073902eac4347bdb775492
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. 105-704 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 11, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/704
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1659, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d7d6b44f785d45f48acb2b678954bd6643f9aab129073902eac4347bdb775492
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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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Norman Dicks (D-WA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Jack Metcalf (R-WA).
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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.