House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998

H.R. 2604Introduced Oct 2, 1997Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor: Rep. Ron Packard R-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedOct 2, 1997
Committee actionMay 14, 1998
Passed HouseJun 3, 1998 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 3, 1998 — Laid on the table. See S. 1244 for further action. (consideration: CR H4005)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2604.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2604, Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1997” on May 19, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10806
CBO publication date
May 19, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2604, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-556 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 3, 1998.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2604, 105th Congress
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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

127 cosponsors — 85 Republicans, 42 Democrats

42 of 127 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Dick Armey (R-TX), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), George Brown (D-CA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Walter Capps (D-CA), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Pat Danner (D-MO) and 97 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Packard.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-48 district

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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.