House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 1998
- Committee actionJun 25, 1998
- Passed HouseJul 30, 1998 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 694.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3982.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-618 ↗.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/618
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3982, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2fbb528f4baf0904152c8568b7f1700b2783bf15da0fc8db1fe124260bf8e69f
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3982, 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 — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Richard Burr (R-NC), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), W. Hefner (D-NC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Sue Myrick (R-NC), David Price (D-NC), Charles Taylor (R-NC), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Etheridge.
- H.R. 3652 (105th) School Construction Act of 1998
- H.R. 2613 (105th) Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Act of 1997
- H.Res. 218 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of Ava Gardner.
- H.Res. 299 (105th) Expressing support for the States in adopting challenging academic standards in core curricula.
- H.R. 1845 (105th) Family Farm and Small Business Estate Tax Relief Act of 1997
- H.R. 3793 (105th) Animal Waste Research Act of 1998
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.