House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1998

H.R. 1872Introduced Jun 12, 1997Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Bliley R-VA

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 12, 1997
Committee actionMar 25, 1998
Passed HouseMay 6, 1998 · 403–16
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 7, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1872.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1872, Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1998” on April 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on March 25, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 23, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10752
CBO publication date
April 23, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1872, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1872
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-494 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 27, 1998.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1872, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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September 28, 2026
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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

53 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 18 Democrats

18 of 53 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.

Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Richard Burr (R-NC), Charles Canady (R-FL), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Jim Davis (D-FL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Greg Ganske (R-IA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), J. Hastert (R-IL), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Scott Klug (R-WI), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Steve Largent (R-OK), Rick Lazio (R-NY), John Linder (R-GA) and 23 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Bliley.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-7 district

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