House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Telecommunications Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1998
Sponsor: Rep. W. Tauzin R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 1998
- Committee actionSep 24, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 12, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 13, 1998 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3888.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3888, Telecommunications Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1998” on October 7, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11230
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3888, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f694fd7def28e975bdda3b469c9ed251e0601a46e36b06f5a7f5c5462ca0b89a
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: H. Rept. 105-801 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 9, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/801
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3888, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f694fd7def28e975bdda3b469c9ed251e0601a46e36b06f5a7f5c5462ca0b89a
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3888, 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
63 cosponsors — 53 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 63 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), John Cooksey (R-LA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Phil English (R-PA), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN) and 33 more.
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. 2369 (105th) Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1998
- H.R. 2691 (105th) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 3844 (105th) Wireless Communications and Public Safety 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.