House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-184
Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1998
Became law on Jun 23, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Goodlatte R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 1997
- Committee actionJun 18, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 8, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 9, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJun 16, 1998
- To the PresidentJun 18, 1998
- Became lawJun 23, 1998
Latest action: Jun 23, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-184.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1847.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1847, Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1997” on October 21, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 9, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10476
- CBO publication date
- October 21, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1847, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d71dfd1add85d80c9e9990d1a19f585533ebb08057f789a55d362c349d1cb426
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1847, Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1997” on June 18, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on June 16, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10886
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1847, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d71dfd1add85d80c9e9990d1a19f585533ebb08057f789a55d362c349d1cb426
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. 105-158 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/158
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1847, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d71dfd1add85d80c9e9990d1a19f585533ebb08057f789a55d362c349d1cb426
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1847, last updated August 10, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.