House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 1997
- Committee actionMar 3, 1998
- Passed HouseMar 18, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2294.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2294, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1998” on March 24, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House on March 18, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10686
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2294, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c87454e4d42d14e30dfa4a7d7c8599f93b2e0a8554dd8b6617694358a21a1d34
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. 105-437 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 12, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/437
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2294, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c87454e4d42d14e30dfa4a7d7c8599f93b2e0a8554dd8b6617694358a21a1d34
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2294, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.
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- 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
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.