House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 1998
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 24, 1998 · 216–210
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Motion to proceed to consideration of measure tabled in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50-47. Record Vote No: 311. (consideration: CR S12100)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4250.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act of 1998” on July 24, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Preliminary cost estimate for the bill with proposed amendment”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10981
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4250, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4250, last updated July 21, 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
75 cosponsors — 75 Republicans
0 of 75 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Charles Canady (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Mac Collins (R-GA), John Cooksey (R-LA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), David Dreier (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Jon Fox (R-PA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Bill Goodling (R-PA) and 45 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4125 (105th) Economic Growth 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.