House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-303
Commercial Space Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 28, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 1997
- Committee actionJun 18, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 4, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 30, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 5, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 20, 1998
- Became lawOct 28, 1998
Latest action: Oct 28, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-303.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1702.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1702, The Commercial Space Act of 1997” on April 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10712
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1702, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1702
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ca2df44916e5a6eb4494aebf5543e7305f926cef6e0abc30b0fce6490633223
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1702, Commercial Space Act of 1998” on October 20, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 8, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11289
- CBO publication date
- October 20, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1702, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1702
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ca2df44916e5a6eb4494aebf5543e7305f926cef6e0abc30b0fce6490633223
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 105-198 ↗; H. Rept. 105-347 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/198
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/347 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1702, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1702
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ca2df44916e5a6eb4494aebf5543e7305f926cef6e0abc30b0fce6490633223
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1702, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
12 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
George Brown (D-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Mark Foley (R-FL), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Dave Weldon (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
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- H.R. 1903 (105th) Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997
- H.Res. 578 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the print of the Committee on Science entitled "Unlocking Our Future: Toward a…
- H.Res. 572 (105th) Providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 1702 and the Senate amendment thereto.
- H.R. 2429 (105th) To reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program through fiscal year 2000.
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.