House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-385
Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 1998
Became law on Nov 13, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Douglas Bereuter R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 1998
- Committee actionJul 22, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 28, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 20, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 20, 1998
- To the PresidentNov 2, 1998
- Became lawNov 13, 1998
Latest action: Nov 13, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-385.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4283.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4283, Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 1998” on July 27, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on July 22, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11005
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4283, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4283, Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 1998” on October 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 20, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11280
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4283, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
930955d71684f89c76c18ac628ce69597f58e4ac3e60b92874710f7cf0d5dcc5
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. 105-681 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on August 6, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 6, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/681
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4283, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
930955d71684f89c76c18ac628ce69597f58e4ac3e60b92874710f7cf0d5dcc5
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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
102 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 81 Democrats, 1 independent
82 of 102 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Donna Christensen (D-VI), William Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), William Coyne (D-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA) and 72 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 139 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government should fully participate in EXPO 2000 in the year 2000, in Hannover…
- H.Con.Res. 16 (105th) Concerning the urgent need to improve the living standards of those South Asians living in the Ganges and the Brahmaputra River Basin.
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.