House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 1998
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 5, 1998 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3605.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3605, Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1998” on July 16, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as modified by the sponsors”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10947
- CBO publication date
- July 16, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3605, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3605
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- 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 June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3605, last updated June 3, 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
193 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 184 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 193 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), John Baldacci (D-ME), James Barcia (D-MI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), William Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Bob Clement (D-TN) and 163 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Dingell.
- H.R. 3910 (105th) Automobile National Heritage Area Act
- H.R. 3050 (105th) Slamming Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 1997
- H.R. 1120 (105th) Community Revitalization and Brownfield Cleanup Act of 1997
- H.R. 820 (105th) Health Insurance Bill of Rights Act of 1997
- H.R. 1491 (105th) Children's Health Insurance Provides Security (CHIPS) Act of 1997
- H.R. 4080 (105th) Imported Food Safety Act of 1998
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.