House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-304
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Became law on Oct 28, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Coble R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 1997
- Committee actionApr 1, 1998
- Passed HouseAug 4, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 17, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 24, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 20, 1998
- Became lawOct 28, 1998
Latest action: Oct 28, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-304.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2281.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act” on April 16, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 1, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10748
- CBO publication date
- April 16, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998” on July 22, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on June 17, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10976
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df45da4af78c22b4001550cc835ff7ffe4f8362836e0b470d4105b920ea0f8be
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998” on October 21, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 12, 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/11286
- CBO publication date
- October 21, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df45da4af78c22b4001550cc835ff7ffe4f8362836e0b470d4105b920ea0f8be
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-551,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 105-551,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 105-796 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/551
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/551
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/796 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df45da4af78c22b4001550cc835ff7ffe4f8362836e0b470d4105b920ea0f8be
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. 2281, 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Bill Paxon (R-NY), Charles Pickering (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.
- H.R. 3528 (105th) Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998
- H.R. 3723 (105th) United States Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999
- H.R. 672 (105th) To make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, United States Code.
- H.R. 4164 (105th) To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the enforcement of child custody and visitation orders.
- H.R. 400 (105th) Omnibus Patent Act of 1997
- H.R. 2589 (105th) Copyright Term Extension Act
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.