House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-316
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 1998
- Committee actionAug 5, 1998
- Passed HouseAug 7, 1998 · without objection
- Passed SenateOct 14, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 20, 1998
- Became lawOct 30, 1998
Latest action: Oct 30, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-316.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3687.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3687, Canadian River Prepayment Act” on October 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 25, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11245
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3687, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd1f92e30173623c89258985d0d4888286c630a641351ccae7487592c0a5f3c6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3687, Canadian River Project Prepayment Act” on October 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 14, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11290
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3687, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd1f92e30173623c89258985d0d4888286c630a641351ccae7487592c0a5f3c6
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-410 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on September 25, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/410
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3687, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd1f92e30173623c89258985d0d4888286c630a641351ccae7487592c0a5f3c6
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. 3687, last updated September 8, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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.