House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-261
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
Became law on Oct 17, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Floyd Spence R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 1998
- Committee actionMay 6, 1998
- Passed HouseMay 21, 1998 · 357–60
- Passed SenateJun 25, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 21, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 6, 1998
- Became lawOct 17, 1998
Latest action: Oct 17, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-261.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3616.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999” on May 12, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on National Security on May 6, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10792
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3616, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0d2d64566337f50d974d6011c3d2c9e6155662bb98bcfe935175fbf5428fcea
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3616, Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999” on November 3, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as enacted on October 17, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 3, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11317
- CBO publication date
- November 3, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3616, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0d2d64566337f50d974d6011c3d2c9e6155662bb98bcfe935175fbf5428fcea
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. 105-532 ↗; H. Rept. 105-736 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 13, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 13, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/532
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/736 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3616, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0d2d64566337f50d974d6011c3d2c9e6155662bb98bcfe935175fbf5428fcea
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3616, last updated June 6, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Floyd Spence.
- H.R. 1119 (105th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
- H.Res. 612 (105th) Expressing unequivocal support for the men and women of our Armed Forces who are currently carrying out missions in and around the Persian…
- H.R. 1778 (105th) Defense Reform Act of 1997
- H.R. 1945 (105th) To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain manufacturing equipment.
- H.R. 2148 (105th) To suspend temporarily the duty on certain other single viscose rayon yarn.
- H.Res. 57 (105th) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on National Security in the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
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.