House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Temporary Access to Skilled Workers and H-1B Nonimmigrant Program Improvement Act of 1998
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 1998
- Committee actionMay 20, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 24, 1998 · 288–133
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 1998 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3736.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3736, Workforce Improvement and Protection Act of 1998” on June 4, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 20, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10850
- CBO publication date
- June 4, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3736, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72c3494147c6d186b521c37cea1179e46e2f6efc5253d6edf988d03726cb7bc4
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-657 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 30, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/657
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3736, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72c3494147c6d186b521c37cea1179e46e2f6efc5253d6edf988d03726cb7bc4
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Tom Campbell (R-CA), John Spratt (D-SC), William Thornberry (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 1866 (105th) Need-Based Educational Aid Antitrust Protection Act of 1997
- H.R. 4658 (105th) To extend the date by which an automated entry-exit control system must be developed.
- H.R. 4821 (105th) To extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa processing period for diversity applicants whose visa processing was suspended during fiscal year…
- H.R. 992 (105th) Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act of 1997
- H.R. 2578 (105th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with…
- H.R. 1591 (105th) Regulatory Accountability Act of 1997
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.