House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 1998
- Committee actionMar 5, 1998
- Passed HouseJul 20, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3249.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3249, Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections Act” on March 31, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on March 5, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10773
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3249, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f1c465136fb6e051034f6fefd0d2b9e05dda4651663dddc8384f224fbce7a92
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3249, Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections Act” on July 20, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 25, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10989
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3249, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f1c465136fb6e051034f6fefd0d2b9e05dda4651663dddc8384f224fbce7a92
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. 105-625,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 105-625,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/625
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/625 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3249, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f1c465136fb6e051034f6fefd0d2b9e05dda4651663dddc8384f224fbce7a92
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3249, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
14 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Jim Leach (R-IA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Constance Morella (R-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ron Packard (R-CA), Michael Pappas (R-NJ), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
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.