House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 1998
- Committee actionMar 4, 1998
- Passed HouseMar 18, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3117.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3117, Civil Rights Commission Act of 1998” on March 9, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 4, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10663
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3117, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3117
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6bea3fbc4020b8bccb8d6a04d5be367373197369ec927a7ef28cde43461abdb3
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-439 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 12, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/439
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3117, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3117
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6bea3fbc4020b8bccb8d6a04d5be367373197369ec927a7ef28cde43461abdb3
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3117, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.