House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998

H.R. 3898Introduced May 19, 1998Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Pete Sessions R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 19, 1998
Committee actionJul 21, 1998
Passed HouseSep 15, 1998 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 16, 1998 — Received in the Senate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3898.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3898, Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998” on September 3, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 13, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 3, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11131
CBO publication date
September 3, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3898, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3898
Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-711 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 14, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3898, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3898
Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3898, last updated June 3, 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

47 cosponsors — 46 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 47 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Barr (R-GA), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Larry Combest (R-TX), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), John Doolittle (R-CA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Jon Fox (R-PA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Porter Goss (R-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Steve Largent (R-OK), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Jim McCrery (R-LA), John Mica (R-FL) and 17 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-5 district

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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.