House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-247
To correct a provision relating to termination of benefits for convicted persons.
Became law on Oct 9, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. James Greenwood R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 1998
- Committee actionMar 11, 1998
- Passed HouseMar 24, 1998 · 408–0
- Passed SenateSep 28, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 1, 1998
- Became lawOct 9, 1998
Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-247.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3096.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3096, A Bill to Correct a Provision Relating to Termination of Benefits for Convicted Persons” on March 12, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 11, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10662
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3096, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba4b2bb948410acc0382ec32201daa73eaf10cc8e2846a211826d76239e4a629
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3096, An Act to Correct a Provision Relating to Termination of Benefits for Convicted Persons” on June 25, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 17, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10908
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3096, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba4b2bb948410acc0382ec32201daa73eaf10cc8e2846a211826d76239e4a629
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3096, An Act to Correct a Provision Relating to Termination of Benefits for Convicted Persons” on September 30, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 28, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11209
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3096, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba4b2bb948410acc0382ec32201daa73eaf10cc8e2846a211826d76239e4a629
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: S. Rept. 105-296 ↗; H. Rept. 105-446 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 25, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/296
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/446 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3096, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba4b2bb948410acc0382ec32201daa73eaf10cc8e2846a211826d76239e4a629
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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.