House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-242
National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 5, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. H. Saxton R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 1997
- Committee actionOct 1, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 4, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 11, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 18, 1998
- To the PresidentSep 24, 1998
- Became lawOct 5, 1998
Latest action: Oct 5, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-242.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1856.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1856, National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Act of 1997” on October 8, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 1, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10446
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1856, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
165fae89d4d68bd26d82f8ff7e3692643463bf5714cfc2becd163d47d00326c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1856, National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998” on July 27, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 22, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11013
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1856, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
165fae89d4d68bd26d82f8ff7e3692643463bf5714cfc2becd163d47d00326c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1856, National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998” on October 21, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as enacted on October 5, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 21, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11273
- CBO publication date
- October 21, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1856, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
165fae89d4d68bd26d82f8ff7e3692643463bf5714cfc2becd163d47d00326c4
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. 105-329 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/329
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1856, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
165fae89d4d68bd26d82f8ff7e3692643463bf5714cfc2becd163d47d00326c4
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Saxton.
- H.R. 2807 (105th) Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998
- H.R. 1787 (105th) Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997
- H.R. 1658 (105th) Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act
- H.R. 3461 (105th) To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Poland.
- H.R. 437 (105th) National Sea Grant College Program Reauthorization Act of 1997
- H.Con.Res. 8 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the significance of maintaining the health and stability of coral reef ecosystems.
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.