House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal employee in any year in connection with serving as an organ donor, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 8, 1997
- Committee actionJul 23, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 5, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 1998 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2943.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2943, A bill to amend Title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of leave time available to a federal employee in any year in connection with serving as an organ donor, and for other purposes” on August 4, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on July 23, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11045
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2943, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2943
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b646fec8d2a30980f71a1537af0ba611848e8125583e531d44cc589db801b981
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-752 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 28, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/752
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2943, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2943
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b646fec8d2a30980f71a1537af0ba611848e8125583e531d44cc589db801b981
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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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Charles Canady (R-FL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Joe Moakley (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
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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.