House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1998
Sponsor: Rep. W. Tauzin R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 7, 1997
- Committee actionJun 24, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 7, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 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. 2921.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2921, Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1997” on July 9, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on June 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10933
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2921, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9247b43f0c4fd5189bbee91b9039ee0b859ced5f66d1f012042eb8646a6a87e0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2921, Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act of 1998” on September 4, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on August 4, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11132
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2921, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9247b43f0c4fd5189bbee91b9039ee0b859ced5f66d1f012042eb8646a6a87e0
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-661,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 105-661,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/661
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/661 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2921, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9247b43f0c4fd5189bbee91b9039ee0b859ced5f66d1f012042eb8646a6a87e0
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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
157 cosponsors — 94 Republicans, 62 Democrats, 1 independent
64 of 157 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Bob Clement (D-TN), James Clyburn (D-SC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Merrill Cook (R-UT) and 127 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Tauzin.
- H.R. 3888 (105th) Telecommunications Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 2369 (105th) Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1998
- H.R. 2691 (105th) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 3844 (105th) Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1998
- H.R. 2733 (105th) Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1997
- H.R. 4324 (105th) Schools and Libraries Internet Access Act
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.