House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998

H.R. 3654Introduced Apr 1, 1998Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Ewing R-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 1, 1998
Committee actionJun 18, 1998
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 11, 1998 — Committee on International Relations discharged.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3654.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3654, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998” on June 25, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on June 18, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 1998 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10907
CBO publication date
June 25, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3654, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3654
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-631 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on July 17, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3654, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3654
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

29 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 8 Democrats

8 of 29 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.

Bill Barrett (R-NE), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Gary Condit (D-CA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Mark Foley (R-FL), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), J. Hastert (R-IL), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), John McHugh (R-NY), David Minge (D-MN), Jerry Moran (R-KS), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Glenn Poshard (D-IL), John Shimkus (R-IL), Nick Smith (R-MI), John Thune (R-SD), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), J. Watts (R-OK), Gerald Weller (R-IL).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Ewing.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-15 district

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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.