House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 22, 1997
- Committee actionMar 3, 1998
- Passed HouseMar 18, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2696.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2696, Vessel Hull Design Protection Act” on March 11, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 3, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10660
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2696, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2696
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32bbf74b50d60a45d03291053e67b2c718d45e7ddefd300cde3ffb9913c7203c
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. 105-436 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 11, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/436
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2696, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2696
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32bbf74b50d60a45d03291053e67b2c718d45e7ddefd300cde3ffb9913c7203c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2696, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.
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- 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.