House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
For the private relief of Ruth Hairston by waiver of a filing deadline for appeal from a ruling relating to her application for a survivor annuity.
Sponsor: Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 23, 1997
- Committee actionApr 1, 1998
- Passed HouseApr 21, 1998 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2729.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2729, A bill for the private relief of Ruth Hairston by waiver of a filing deadline for appeal from a ruling relating to her application for a survivor annuity” on April 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 1, 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/10711
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2729, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f82892897cc9af55e605a058c9c3f465c30a9f196c35d3d6ae5e95aa2a42790
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-479 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 2, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/479
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2729, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f82892897cc9af55e605a058c9c3f465c30a9f196c35d3d6ae5e95aa2a42790
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.