House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 1998
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 1998 — Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3279.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3279, Persian Gulf Veterans Act of 1998” on October 2, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on February 26, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11207
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3279, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3279, last updated August 21, 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
64 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 59 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 64 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), David Bonior (D-MI), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Pat Danner (D-MO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Dingell (D-MI), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Tim Holden (D-PA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) and 34 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lane Evans.
- H.R. 1090 (105th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error.
- H.R. 1126 (105th) Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1997
- H.R. 2459 (105th) Landmine Elimination Act of 1997
- H.Con.Res. 249 (105th) Stating the sense of Congress that substantial amounts of the proceeds received by the United States under any congressionally approved…
- H.R. 466 (105th) Persian Gulf War Veterans Compensation Act of 1997
- H.R. 1624 (105th) Federal Procurement and Assistance Integrity 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.