House bill · 105th Congress · Private Law 105-7
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 1997
- Committee actionSep 9, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 6, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 21, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 2, 1998
- Became lawNov 10, 1998
Latest action: Nov 10, 1998 — Became Private Law No: 105-7.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1794.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1794, A bill for the relief of Mai Hoa "Jasmin" Salehi” on August 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on August 4, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 6, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11057
- CBO publication date
- August 6, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1794, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1f5311942ba21f36e34026610c9b1c94198a5c2c6cfb60d2f2a8515b4aa0737
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. 105-689 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 9, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/689
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1794, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1f5311942ba21f36e34026610c9b1c94198a5c2c6cfb60d2f2a8515b4aa0737
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1794, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Sherman.
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- H.R. 2783 (105th) Member's Right to Renounce the House Pay Raise Act of 1997
- H.R. 4826 (105th) Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1998
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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.