House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-292
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 27, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Wolf R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 1997
- Committee actionMar 25, 1998
- Passed HouseMay 14, 1998 · 375–41
- Passed SenateOct 9, 1998 · 98–0
- Resolving differencesOct 10, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 16, 1998
- Became lawOct 27, 1998
Latest action: Oct 27, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-292.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2431.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2431, Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1998” on April 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on March 25, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10717
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2431, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15db651ab3ec42e70fd7dd8bb801fcc2dc994ddd5e62c3cab15c55d11cd76318
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2431, Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1998” on May 8, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 6, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10793
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2431, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15db651ab3ec42e70fd7dd8bb801fcc2dc994ddd5e62c3cab15c55d11cd76318
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2431, Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1998” on May 8, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 6, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10794
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2431, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15db651ab3ec42e70fd7dd8bb801fcc2dc994ddd5e62c3cab15c55d11cd76318
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. 105-480,Part 3 ↗; H. Rept. 105-480,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 105-480,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 8, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/480
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/480
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/480 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2431, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15db651ab3ec42e70fd7dd8bb801fcc2dc994ddd5e62c3cab15c55d11cd76318
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. 2431, 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
131 cosponsors — 81 Republicans, 49 Democrats, 1 independent
51 of 131 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), James Barcia (D-MI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jay Dickey (R-AR) and 101 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf.
- H.R. 2169 (105th) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998
- H.R. 4328 (105th) Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.R. 1685 (105th) Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of 1997
- H.R. 4536 (105th) To establish a National Commission on Terrorism.
- H.R. 3614 (105th) FBI Fairness to Appeal Improvement Act
- H.R. 3583 (105th) Family Friendly Tax Relief Act of 1998
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.