House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 1998
- Committee actionJun 11, 1998
- Passed HouseJun 23, 1998 · 402–9
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3853.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3853, Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1998” on June 17, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on June 11, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10870
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3853, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec94e94f1be7818ea991584d3b590a20f5ebd12b0fb24151a0da9d56e4ce5a48
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3853, Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1998” on September 18, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on September 15, 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/11153
- CBO publication date
- September 18, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3853, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec94e94f1be7818ea991584d3b590a20f5ebd12b0fb24151a0da9d56e4ce5a48
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. 105-348 ↗; H. Rept. 105-584 ↗.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/348
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/584 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3853, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec94e94f1be7818ea991584d3b590a20f5ebd12b0fb24151a0da9d56e4ce5a48
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. 3853, 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
11 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Kay Granger (R-TX), J. Hastert (R-IL), Bill McCollum (R-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Michael Pappas (R-NJ), John Peterson (R-PA), Mark Souder (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4550 (105th) Drug Demand Reduction Act
- H.R. 2292 (105th) Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997
- H.R. 1891 (105th) Staffing Firm Worker Benefits 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.