House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 1997
- Committee actionJul 21, 1998
- Passed HouseAug 3, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 13, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2592.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2592, Private Trustee Reform Act of 1997” on July 27, 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 27, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11002
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2592, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2592
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12785d71666570c5dd384d9f8452bcf0c224f3f1ea9d336dcf49d42b056341fe
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. 105-663 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 31, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/663
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2592, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2592
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12785d71666570c5dd384d9f8452bcf0c224f3f1ea9d336dcf49d42b056341fe
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2592, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bob Barr (R-GA), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Mike Parker (R-MS), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
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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.