House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 1997
- Committee actionAug 5, 1998
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 14, 1998 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 460.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 218.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 218, Community Protection Act of 1998” on September 11, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Judiciary on August 5, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11137
- CBO publication date
- September 11, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 218, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7287d6648926a47fdabb666e399592e5be6c90446173e1ffda2da49dbeb3e060
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. 105-819 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 14, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/819
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 218, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7287d6648926a47fdabb666e399592e5be6c90446173e1ffda2da49dbeb3e060
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 218, 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
124 cosponsors — 96 Republicans, 28 Democrats
29 of 124 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Philip Crane (R-IL), Pat Danner (D-MO), Jay Dickey (R-AR), John Doolittle (R-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) and 94 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Cunningham.
- H.R. 4248 (105th) Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Promotion Act
- H.R. 134 (105th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide a loan guarantee to the Olivenhain Water Storage Project, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 123 (105th) Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1997
- H.R. 2760 (105th) Disabled Sportsmen's Access Act
- H.R. 1719 (105th) Sportsmen's Bill of Rights Act
- H.R. 1153 (105th) 21st Century Classrooms Act for Private Technology Investment
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.