House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1998
Sponsor: Rep. W. Tauzin R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 1998
- Committee actionAug 5, 1998
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 20, 1998 — House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 21, 1998.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3844.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3844, Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1998” on September 18, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on August 5, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11152
- CBO publication date
- September 18, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3844, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3844
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-768 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 2, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/768
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3844, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc258e0805079d142fb2d700a3f70f11307ba78aae1d79e7ce9e7d19173fc5d7
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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
20 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 20 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Pat Danner (D-MO), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), J. Hastert (R-IL), Scott Klug (R-WI), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), James Rogan (R-CA), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), John Shimkus (R-IL), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Tauzin.
- H.R. 2921 (105th) Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 3888 (105th) Telecommunications Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 2369 (105th) Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1998
- H.R. 2691 (105th) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 2733 (105th) Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1997
- H.R. 4324 (105th) Schools and Libraries Internet Access 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.