House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-370

Correction Officers Health and Safety Act of 1998

H.R. 2070Introduced Jun 25, 1997Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Became law on Nov 12, 1998.

Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Solomon R-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 25, 1997
Committee actionJul 21, 1998
Passed HouseAug 3, 1998 · by voice vote
Passed SenateOct 20, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesOct 21, 1998
To the PresidentNov 2, 1998
Became lawNov 12, 1998

Latest action: Nov 12, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-370.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2070.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2070, Correction Officers Health and Safety Act of 1998” on July 31, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 21, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11036
CBO publication date
July 31, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2070, 105th Congress
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August 10, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-665 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 31, 1998.
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H.R. 2070, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

21 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 7 Democrats

7 of 21 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Gary Condit (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Frank Lucas (R-OK), John McHugh (R-NY), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Bob Ney (R-OH), John Peterson (R-PA), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joseph Skeen (R-NM), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), James Walsh (R-NY), Robert Weygand (D-RI).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Solomon.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-22 district

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