House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998

H.R. 1689Introduced May 21, 1997Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor: Rep. Rick White R-WA

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 21, 1997
Committee actionJun 24, 1998
Passed HouseJul 22, 1998 · 340–83
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 22, 1998 — Laid on the table. See S. 1260 for further action. (consideration: CR H6121)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1689.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1689, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998” on July 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on June 24, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 6, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10922
CBO publication date
July 6, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1689, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-640 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 21, 1998.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1689, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

232 cosponsors — 152 Republicans, 80 Democrats

81 of 232 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boehner (R-OH), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 202 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick White.

Sponsor’s state and district

Washington in Congress · WA-1 district

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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.