House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 1998
- Committee actionMay 14, 1998
- Passed HouseMay 19, 1998 · 320–86
- Passed SenateOct 8, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3809.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3809, Drug Free Borders Act of 1998” on May 18, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 14, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10779
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3809, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3809
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e38b6ef6d49d674ba7a6bcc2923c98502a72b58f247981caa7a8e17f86010c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3809, Drug Free Borders Act of 1998” on October 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11211
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3809, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3809
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e38b6ef6d49d674ba7a6bcc2923c98502a72b58f247981caa7a8e17f86010c4
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: S. Rept. 105-359 ↗; H. Rept. 105-541 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/359
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/541 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3809, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3809
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e38b6ef6d49d674ba7a6bcc2923c98502a72b58f247981caa7a8e17f86010c4
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. 3809, last updated April 7, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
J. Hastert (R-IL), E. Shaw (R-FL), William Thomas (R-CA), Zach Wamp (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Philip Crane.
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- H.R. 4342 (105th) Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998
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- H.Res. 601 (105th) Returning to the Senate the bill S. 361.
- H.R. 2622 (105th) Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1997
- H.R. 2499 (105th) Charitable Giving Relief Act
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.