House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-214

Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998

H.R. 2870Introduced Nov 7, 1997Policy area: International Affairs

Became law on Jul 29, 1998.

Sponsor: Rep. Rob Portman R-OH

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 7, 1997
Committee actionMar 11, 1998
Passed HouseMar 19, 1998 · 356–61
Passed SenateJul 14, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesJul 15, 1998
To the PresidentJul 17, 1998
Became lawJul 29, 1998

Latest action: Jul 29, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-214.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2870.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998” on March 13, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on March 11, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 1998 ↗
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March 13, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2870, 105th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-443 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on March 14, 1998.
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H.R. 2870, 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

44 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 20 Democrats

20 of 44 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Lee Hamilton (D-IN), J. Hastert (R-IL), David Hobson (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Kasich (R-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Scott Klug (R-WI), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Tom Latham (R-IA), Jim Leach (R-IA), William Lipinski (D-IL), William Luther (D-MN) and 14 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Ohio in Congress · OH-2 district

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